“I don’t think there’s one respectable argument besides a little bit of snobbery.” Property owner Russ Holiday, quoted in the Post and Courier on arguments against his request to permit a digital billboard on his property. The Post and Courier reports that residents are opposing Adams Outdoor’s request for a […]
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) conducted research on digital billboards; it was released in late 2013. Recently a sister agency within US-DOT – the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) – explained this important research in clear terms. In this article, Ken Klein, Executive Vice President of OAAA provides background […]
Lehigh Valley Live reports that the Wilson Borough town council is considering approval of a billboard permit at Fisk Field in exchange for rent payments and a new football scoreboard. “It would be a win-win for the borough”, the town’s solicitor was quoted as saying. The town is a month […]
By Ken Klein, Executive Vice President, OAAA. The billboard industry won in court and expanded the map where digital billboards are regulated/allowed. Revenue-hungry governments continued to explore commercial advertising on the highway right of way. In the waning days of the Obama Administration, its Department of Labor issued new rules […]
Two court losses for Adams in Wisconsin. Dane County, Wisconsin courts have decided (1) that Fitchburg properly denied Adams a permit to install a digital billboard along McKee Road and (2) to dismiss an Adams lawsuit against Dane County for not renewing a lease of land on the Dane […]
Revere Journal reports that the MBTA has received approval from the Massachusetts DOT to install a new billboard on the side of the MBTA garage in Revere, Massachusetts, despite a billboard moratorium in the city. In 2015 Cove Outdoor applied to put two 60 by 20 digital billboards on the […]
The following press release is provided by Best Best & Krieger LLP . NOVEMBER 10, 2016 The Outdoor Advertising Act does not preempt local regulation of billboards, a California appellate court has ruled. In a decision that carries major implications for the California billboard industry, the Second District Court of Appeal […]
A post from The Commercial Appeal, shares a story on a pending Tennessee lawsuit. For the past decade, Memphis outdoor-advertising operator and attorney William H. Thomas Jr. has defiantly put up billboards without permits and refused to take them down when ordered to do so. Thomas has also pursued a legal option and U.S. […]
St. Johns County, Florida commissioners are considering implementation of a two-year pilot program that would pave the way for at least some digital billboards to be installed along Interstate I-95. County Administrator Michael Wanchick said the item had been before the board twice since November 2015. Wanchick said moving forward […]
Central Atlanta Progress is taking the lead on a proposed ordinance that would allow—and even encourage—expansive new digital billboards and flashing signs in the area that includes the CNN Center, Centennial Olympic Park, the Georgia Aquarium, and the sports arenas. The proposal, introduced at Atlanta City Council last week, would designate […]
