General News: Oh, The Signs They Are A'Changing
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| DPW superintendent Dave Halvorsen compares the old green sign to the larger, new black sign on Maple Avenue. |
July 01, 2010
By Brendan G. Coyne
So what’s with these black street signs popping up all over the village?
Well, it seems like New York State wants street signs to be easier to read.
So the Cornwall-on-Hudson Department of Public Works has been replacing the village’s green street signs with black ones. At a recent village board meeting Dave Halvorsen, superintendent of public works, reported that his department has replaced about 50 percent of the village’s street signs.
Halvorsen said in an interview that his department focused on the most trafficked areas and signs that had deteriorated. He said the village has about 100 street signs and the replacements range from $28-40 each. And, as with many state mandates, the state is not providing any assistance to pay for the new signs.
The Department of Public Works has spent the money allocated for 2010 so the rest will be done next year unless other funds become available. The state has mandated that the municipalities must have improved signs by the beginning of 2012.
The signs must have greater reflectivity and so Halvorsen and the board decided to go with white lettering on a black background. And people must be able to read them easily, so the letters are six inches high.
“People seem to like them,” Halvorsen said.
The Town of Cornwall has been replacing its street signs, too, but only as necessary for stolen or deteriorated signs according to Robert J. Conley, town superintendent of highways. The town is staying with the white-on-green combination. Conley said the town will replace the rest of its signs next year.
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Hey, Maybe the village could sell the old signs, some folks might want to buy a sign for their garage or for their wreck room, who knows, $10 a piece, I might buy our streets sign.
posted by Terrence murphy on 07/03/10 at 9:53 PM
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