Posted on 07/17/2009 11:05:10 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is spending $60,000 of its stimulus money on $2,000 road signs to highlight projects funded by the massive economic recovery package.
The large green signs mark about 30 of what PennDOT calls ''higher visibility projects'' statewide. Each denotes the project is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and features the act's logo.
Nationwide, several million dollars are being spent producing the signs.
PennDOT spokesman Steve Chizmar said Pennsylvania elected to take a ''middle-of-the-road'' approach to the federal government's strong encouragement that the signs be put at every project site around the state, choosing only those that were most visible to the public. The stimulus package is pumping $1 billion into the state for hundreds of road and bridge repairs.
(Excerpt) Read more at mcall.com ...
I keep seeing them at sites where no work appears to be getting done...
how many new jobs did those signs and 60000.00 create or save....
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