[MassHistPres] Historic street name sign exemption

[Dennis De Witt]

The following section, which would allow the preservation of sets of historic street name signs such as Brookline's, has been inserted in the U.S. Senate's Federal Highway transportation bill.  I understand that it passed the Senate unanimously.  

SEC.1526. TREATMENT OF HISTORIC SIGNS.

            The Secretary shall, not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, initiate a rulemaking to exempt locally identified historic street name signs or replicas of historic signs from complying with all or part of section 2D.43 of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.

For any place where there may be a set of such signs (Nantucket?), it would be most helpful if the full Massachusetts delegation was made aware of the importance of this preservation matter.

The past support of all those who wrote in support to the Federal highway Administration re this issue is greatly appreciated.

Dennis De Witt
Brookline

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