[nina0113]

Its a federal rule change...our local county has asked ‘what if we don’t change the signs?’. Nobody knows the answer yet...probably some sort of fed funding will be withheld.

Would that be the fed funding to make the change? Sounds like a wash.

[lacrew]

“Would that be the fed funding to make the change? Sounds like a wash.”

Nope. Our county commissioner, who is a democrat who acts alot like a conservative most of the time, said it was an unfunded mandate. This is why he opposes changing the signs, and asked the question about what would happen if we did nothing.

But all sorts of flavors of highway and emergency preparedness funding could be tagged to this requirement. He has tasked the county PW director to find out what the penalty is...so we shall see.

This is a national issue. Everywhere you go, if you see a street sign...somebody is supposed to pay to replace it by 2015.