I'm not sure if it was the same or another article, but the mile signs were placed MUCH later, and presumably aren't worn out yet. The reflector material does wear out.
However, the later placement of the mile signs indicates they have been plotting this for a while, but needed an excuse to suck Federal pork. Given the design of the U-channel posts, you can't just mount the sign on another face to rotate 90°. You have to dig it up and replant it. (I think). As the mile markers are mostly for the highway department, I think this is affirmation that AZDOT will NEVER use metric again, sadly. --- On Wed, 3/11/09, Pierre Abbat <p...@phma.optus.nu> wrote: > From: Pierre Abbat <p...@phma.optus.nu> > Subject: [USMA:43675] Re: Arizona I-19 losing kilometer signs > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu> > Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 9:00 AM > 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
