White County Public Works Crew installing new road signs Photo WC Public Safety
(Cleveland)- Motorists traveling county roads in White County can now take advantage of new larger road signs being placed at intersection by White County Public Works.
Derick Canupp, Director of White County Public Works said the Federal Highway Administration changed the standard back around 2013 that requires street name signs to be made larger with uppercase and lowercase lettering.
Canupp said they started this project last year. “We’ve completed phase one, we’re doing this in phases, phase two is nearly completed and we expect to start phase three next spring. We’ve taken it a step further with the help of our public safety office by adding 9-1-1 addresses with arrows on the signs so first responders when they come up to an intersection and they are going to a particular address so they will know whether to turn left or right and it makes the response time a little quicker,” said Canupp.
According to Canupp installing new road signs is just one of the many projects his department is working on along with the final cutback of the year on county road right-of-way. Canupp reminded motorists to pay attention to the advance warning signs where crews are working, ”they are there for a reason,” he said.
