Of course, they may have padded the budget, too.
I wonder what it cost to change every speed limit sign on every freeway when:
*The government imposed the 55 MPH National speed limit
*And back, when the government eliminated it.
I'll bet A cost more than B because in A they could beg and whine for Federal
money and for B they were glad to do it. But that's just because I'm a
suspicious sort.
--- On Mon, 3/9/09, Stephen Mangum <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Stephen Mangum <[email protected]>
> Subject: [USMA:43595] Re: Arizona I-19 losing kilometer signs
> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
> Date: Monday, March 9, 2009, 1:35 PM
> The Department of Transportation says that the Interstate
> Highway System is
> 46,876 miles [75,439 km] long. If the cost for changing
> over 100 km of
> roads is $1,500,000 then in theory to change over all
> Highway signs to
> metric would cost $1,131,585,000.
>
> Stephen Mangum
>
> On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 7:45 AM, John M. Steele
> <[email protected]>wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > This article
> >
> http://www.gvnews.com/articles/2009/03/06/breaking_news/00mileposts0308.txt
> > reports that Arizona Dept. of Transportation will
> spend $1.5 million of its
> > Federal economic stimulus money to remove the metric
> distance signs along a
> > 100 km stretch of I-19. This will include removal of
> the metric and
> > rotation of already placed Customary signs to face
> traffic.
> >
> > Perhaps not quite the way we hoped stimulus money
> would aid metrication.
> >
> > (On the other hand, being a leader for 30 years, with
> no follower or plans
> > for followers is proabaly silly too.)
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Stephen
