On Saturday 07 March 2009 09:45:59 John M. Steele 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.)
I just heard on NPR that the signs are worn out and need to be replaced. That doesn't explain, though, why a rotated sign isn't worn out, or why they don't put both units on the signs. Pierre
