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The Scenic America Blog
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County Commissioners Lobby for Stronger State Billboard Restrictions in Texas
Texas communities take great pride in strictly regulating billboards. In fact, over 130 cities in the Lone Star state prohibit new billboards. Unfortunately, Texas counties do not have the same authority to regulate billboards as incorporated areas do. Out of concern that too many billboards are popping up in rural areas, many county commissioners are pushing the state to strengthen its own regulations.
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Kentucky billboard measure dies in Senate
The House bill that would have allowed "non-commercial" billboards to go up without permits in Kentucky was shot down in the Senate chambers on Friday.
An amendment to the bill also would have allowed for trees and vegetation to be cut down around billboards throughout the state.
Thanks and congratulations go to the folks at Scenic Kentucky, whose hard work helped stop this bill in the Senate.
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Kentucky billboard bill could cost loss of $42 million in federal highway funding
Despite warnings from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet that a bill exempting non-commercial billboards from the Cabinet's permitting process was non-compliant with the Highway Beautification Act, the House approved the measure. Now, the Federal Highway Adminstration has officially warned the state officials that the bill does indeed appear to violate the HBA and that the state could lose 10% of its federal highway funding allocation if it passes.
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Philadelphia Inquirer Cautions Against Digital Billboards
The Philadelphia Inquirer runs a strong editorial against Big Billboard's rush to digitize the American landscape and the need for governments to assess the safety of digital signs. The editorial notes that with plans for as many as 60,000 digital billboards across the country, our highways will look like Times Square without action.
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USA Today Covers Digital Billboard Regulation
 Television on a stick. F ully animated, on-premises digital sign on I-70 in St. Louis. (photo by Tim A. Parker for USA Today)
USA Today covers the growing number of local governments enacting prohibitions and moratoria on digital billboards. Saint Louis, which just enacted a one year moratorium on digital signs, is featured.
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