Private Sign Companies Help Decrease Governmental Budget Crunch

Many municipalities throughout the country are finding themselves in a budget crunch

where they must continue to provide quality products and services for their residents without spending as much money. In some cases, entire departments are being shut down due to lack of funding. This is also true in Pennsylvania. One area that governments are saving money is by outsourcing their sign needs. They are spending less by having a Pennsylvania signmaker create their traffic signs, custom street signs and even indoor building signs.

Requirements

In order to be used on Pennsylvania streets and in municipal buildings, the products must meet the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), as compiled by the US Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Standards (FHWS). The outsourcing of sign production and creation can be instead of or in addition to a local government's sign shop. Pennsylvania companies that meet these stringent guidelines may not only be saving governments and taxpayers money in production, but also maybe reducing overtime and excessive wear and tear on equipment. The private company can use state-of-the-art equipment while the government can likely not afford to have the current equipment maintained or upgraded. The personnel that runs it must be specially trained and may be facing budget cuts of their own regarding training classes and availability to perform the job on a high level and timely basis.

Traffic

Regulatory signs that can be manufactured by a private company instead of a local government's sign shop include regulatory signs, like stop and yield, as well as construction notifications, speed limits, warnings and parking notifications. Drivers need to be informed of what is asked and required of them before they can comply. The signs must be uniform in size, font, color and phrasing. The materials on which the message is placed must be a certain gauge, or thickness, of metal. The rounded corners and borders must have a certain radius and line width. The type of vinyl signs use must also have a special type of thickness and pliability.

Street

New construction and replacement of worn or missing signage is taken seriously by government agencies. They want residents and visitors alike to be able to find places. Each street should have a marker at its intersections to denote the name of the two or more streets that cross each other. These also have specific requirements on color, shape, size, material and font.

Indoors

Every government building must have signs available to help people find the right offices. They should be uniform in appearance, as well, just like the traffic and street signage. Indoor signage should tell people how to get to specific offices also inform them when they have arrived at the right place. Hours of operation, purpose and other important information is also displayed throughout municipal buildings on signs that can be produced by private industry.

by: Christine Harrell

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