Cost of disputed N.Y. highway signs: $8.1M

[TexasTowelie]

Albany -- The price for hundreds of state tourism signs erected along major New York highways and deemed federally illegal — the source of a years-long Washington-Albany kerfuffle — was $8.1 million, state transportation officials said Wednesday.

DOT Commissioner Matthew Driscoll said during a joint legislative budget hearing on transportation that the total cost for 374 of the I Love NY signs was $5.4 million.

An additional 140 signs erected along the Thruway cost $2.7 million more, acting Thruway Authority Executive Director Bill Finch later told lawmakers.

That makes the total cost of all 514 signs statewide $8.1 million.

Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Cost-of-disputed-N-Y-highway-signs-8-1M-10936356.php

[Rhiannon12866]

1. Tempest in a teapot, but that's awfully expensive!

And I'm sure I've passed that exact sign! But I probably didn't notice. The traffic is a lot heavier near the cities and the signs I look at are those telling me how close I am to my exit...