As a follow up to our story yesterday Elaine Chao was confirmed on Tuesday as Transportation secretary. The confirmation passed in the Senate on a 93-6 vote. Chao, who was born in Taiwan and came to the U.S. with her parents when she was 8, will face several urgent action items […]
Searching for new revenue, some states have contemplated commercial advertising on official traffic signs on the public right of way. US Senator Jerry Moran, R-KS, asked the next Secretary of Transportation about ads-on-the-road. Insider is providing the senator’s question and the reply from Elaine Chao, nominated by President Trump as Secretary […]
Last week Pasco County, Florida approved a digital sign code requiring a billboard to take down 6 faces for every new digital face they install. The sign code restricts digital flips to 15 seconds. Do you realize what a bad deal this is? For every 6 static faces which are […]
Beacon Hills Times reports that a Massachusetts appeals court has prohibited outdoor signage at 9 Bowdoin St in Boston. Defendants Hat 9 Bowdoin Realty and Sponsor Co, LLC had a appealed a 2015 ruling by Suffolk Superior court ordering the two billboards which were attached to the outside of the […]
By Ken Klein, Executive Vice President, Outdoor Advertising Association of America A new federal rule affecting billboard climbers took effect January 17, 2017. As an immediate step on behalf of the billboard industry, OAAA asked the US Department of Labor to clarify key parts of the complex new rule. On […]
The Tampa Bay Times reports that the Pasco County Commissioners have agreed unanimously to let out of home advertising companies convert static billboards to digital billboards. The number of digital signs is capped at 37. For each new digital sign the out of home companies must remove six existing signs […]
By Ken Klein, OAAA Executive Vice President, Government Affairs Congress put 15 newcomers on the House committee that oversees billboard issues. Where do members of Congress form views about land use, signage, job creation, or property rights? Many members of Congress — not all — come from state and local […]
Arizona State Senator Sonny Borrelli is proposing to amend a 2012 law which limits digital billboards to a defined area of central and southwest Arizona. Those limits were crafted following negotiations between the sign industry and “dark sky” advocates, including astronomers who said they did not want a new source of […]
The Mount Olive Chronicle reports the Township Planning Board is considering two separate applications for digital billboards in the New Jersey township. The applications, from Eye Spy Media Corp. and Outfront Media would place boards on Route 46 and 206. Both applications would require variances which the Planning Board will […]
The Detroit Free Press, Mlive and The Detroit News reported that Michigan Governor Rick Snyder vetoed legislation to permit billboards to be erected on school property along state managed roads. and increase the total number of billboards permitted in Michigan. Insider posted in December about Senate Bill 953 passing the Michigan […]
