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Take down those signs
Posted by:
Hipster one
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Date: July 09, 2013 05:13PM
Signs for SAT prep, closeout sales and massages clutter the intersection of Fair Lakes Parkway and West Ox Road.
They can be an eyesore and a safety hazard. Soon, they will be gone from the roadways in Fairfax County.
Fair Lakes Parkway and West Ox Road are part of the 200 miles of highway on 63 major roads now targeted by a ban on such signs. Prisoners from the Sheriff's Community Labor Force will now be picking up the signs from Tuesday to Thursday every week to enforce the ban.
The signs will be kept for five days so the owners can claim them. After that, they will be thrown away.
Sharon Bulova, chairman of the Fairfax Board of Supervisors, says the signs create a safety hazard.
"During election season, when things get out of hand, people will complain, big time," she says.
Sign removal began last week. A crew of non-violent prisoners, who are escorted by sheriff's deputies, has picked up as many as 400 signs on some days.
The sign owners are not currently being fined, but that could change, since the ordinance banning them carries a $100 fine per sign.
Bulova says they will not pick up such signs Friday through Monday, to allow for the promotion of one-time weekend events.
The sign removal program is costing Fairfax County about $150,000 per year. Bulova says the sign ban does not apply to private property.
They can be an eyesore and a safety hazard. Soon, they will be gone from the roadways in Fairfax County.
Fair Lakes Parkway and West Ox Road are part of the 200 miles of highway on 63 major roads now targeted by a ban on such signs. Prisoners from the Sheriff's Community Labor Force will now be picking up the signs from Tuesday to Thursday every week to enforce the ban.
The signs will be kept for five days so the owners can claim them. After that, they will be thrown away.
Sharon Bulova, chairman of the Fairfax Board of Supervisors, says the signs create a safety hazard.
"During election season, when things get out of hand, people will complain, big time," she says.
Sign removal began last week. A crew of non-violent prisoners, who are escorted by sheriff's deputies, has picked up as many as 400 signs on some days.
The sign owners are not currently being fined, but that could change, since the ordinance banning them carries a $100 fine per sign.
Bulova says they will not pick up such signs Friday through Monday, to allow for the promotion of one-time weekend events.
The sign removal program is costing Fairfax County about $150,000 per year. Bulova says the sign ban does not apply to private property.
Re: Take down those signs
Posted by:
Hero in blue
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Date: July 09, 2013 05:17PM
Who is going to break the news to the firefighters union they can no longer litter the streets with their Weasel for congress signs.
Re: Take down those signs
Posted by:
signhater
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Date: July 10, 2013 10:26PM
If this is going to cost the county, why don't they fine the companies who put these signs up? It's supposed to be $100 per sign. Why are they giving them back to the people who put them up!??
Wish they wouldn't have published the street names. Now the Tae Kwan Do places will just use the other streets.
Wish they wouldn't have published the street names. Now the Tae Kwan Do places will just use the other streets.