"Street Spam, or Strictly Business? College Park Patch NEWS Story "
Street Spam, or Strictly Business?
New legislation may frustrate businesspeople behind advertisements along US Route 1
By Jon Aerts
Advertisements hanging from public lampposts and utility poles – what some call “street spam” – have become familiar signage along U.S. Route 1 in College Park.
....Each year SHA spends some $600,000 to take down unauthorized signs, and in 2008, street maintenance crews removed about 69,600 signs, Dobson said.
