Red’s the color of new Harlan street signs

    HARLAN -- The City of Harlan has begun its new project to replace all of the street signs in town.  The two-three year project began with these new red signs being put up in the southeast quadrant of town.
    New Iowa Department of Transportation regulations require certain sizes of signs, letters on signs and reflectivity, and the city is making the changes to follow those regulations.  Costs for this year’s portion of the project is $4,202.90, and will be paid from proceeds reaped from the Road Use Tax Fund, not local property tax dollars.  Additional portions of the project will be similar in costs.  City officials said they budget for street sign replacements and repair each year with Road Use Tax monies.  The choice to go with red signs instead of green was a decision made to make the signs more easily readable and identifiable, officials said.

 
 

 

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