The INDEPENDENT, November 1, 2007
Page 13
Road crews will start removing signs
Signs sprout like weeds
along Washington County
roads. They’re getting out of
control and county road crews
will be pulling them up by the
roots. The blight of political,
real estate, work at home, and
garage sale signs will start to
disappear as crews begin their
periodic sweep of illegal signs.
According to Land Use and
Transportation operations man-
ager Dave Schamp, “Signs
placed illegally along the road
generate safety issues and
many citizen complaints, so pe-
riodically we concentrate on
rounding them up. Naturally the
Banks Library specialist Becky Cottam went all out in deco-
rating for the Book Fair this year. With a polar theme, visitors
were welcomed to the library by a friendly polar bear. Seals,
whales and otters were also on display. Inside the library, a
table of wintry northern books were available along with
many others. The Scholastic Book Fair raises money for the
library so Cottam can buy new books. Another fair will be
held in the spring.
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problem peaks just prior to
elections but we don’t discrimi-
nate – politics, real estate, in-
ternet access – we take them
all.”
Beside being a visual blight
on the landscape, illegally
placed signs block driver visibil-
ity and pedestrian access, and
compete with important traffic
control signs for driver atten-
tion. They also damage irriga-
tion systems in landscaped ar-
eas.
The public should never
place signs in a right-of-way,
which generally includes the
roadway, ditches, shoulders
and sidewalks; basically all the
area between the utility poles
on both sides of the road. Signs
must also not be placed on traf-
fic signposts, power poles or
signal cabinets.
The majority of signs are
snagged by community service
workers who, under the super-
vision of county employees,
cruise the main roads favored
by sign owners. The confiscat-
ed materials are recycled or
disposed of at the landfill.
For more information about
Washington County sign regu-
lations, contact the Operations
Division at 503-846-7623, or
wc-roads@washington.or.us
Conner Reed as Rudyard Kipling in The Jungle Book at The-
atre in the Grove. Reed played both Mowgli and Rudyard in
the play, which finished its run on Sunday, October 28.
Remember to
change your
clocks on
November 3
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