Toomey Applauds Decision to Eliminate
Mandate to Replace Street Signs
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) commended Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood for the Department of Transportation’s recent decision to eliminate a federal mandate for replacing street signs that did not comply with federal reflectivity standards.
Department of Transportation Sec. LaHood stated, “A specific deadline for replacing street signs makes no sense and would have cost communities across America millions of dollars in unnecessary expenses. After speaking with local and state officials across the country, we are proposing to eliminate these burdensome regulations. It’s just plain common sense.”
The announcement to eliminate the mandate comes after Sen. Toomey has raised concerns about the effect the street signs mandate would have on cash-strapped local budgets. In March of this year, Sen. Toomey wrote Secretary LaHood on behalf of Lower Merion Township, requesting that the “Department carefully consider the local economic impact of these new rules.”...