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Article: DOLLAR SIGNS ON NEW YORK'S ROADWAYS; Highway signs identifying federal stimulus projects cost thousands of dollars each.(News)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- July 5, 2009
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Byline: Michelle Breidenbach Staff writer
Across America, every road project paid for with federal stimulus money will have one detail in common: a big green sign that advertises your tax dollars at work.
But each state will tell a different story about how the signs were made and how much they cost.
In New York, the state published engineering instructions that estimated the biggest, 84-square-foot signs could cost between $6,000 and $8,300 each to make and install.
So far, one bidder put the sign cost at $8,930. Another estimated $5,400. Illinois is using the smaller version of the sign - 45.5 square feet - and expects each one to ...