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SQUABBLING OVER A SIGN IS
5:30.
SOME RESIDENTS ON SHORE
DRIVE SAY THEY KNEW THE
CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH
PLANNED TO PUT UP HUGE
L-E-D MESSAGE BOARDS.
THEY JUST DIDN'T THINK
ONE OF THOSE SIGNS WOULD
BE IN FRONT OF THEIR
YARDS.
THIS IS WHAT RESIDENTS
ARE ANGRY ABOUT - THIS
TALL MESSAGE
BOARD ON BLOCK SHORE
BRIDGE.
THE CITY IS INSTALLING
EIGHT OF THESE AROUND
HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS BY
THIS SPRING. CITY
OFFICIALS SAY THEY WILL
USE THE MESSAGE BOARDS TO
ALERT DRIVERS TO TRAFFIC
CHANGES,
CONGESTION, AND EVEN
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THIS
STORY IN THE HEADLINES,
BUT 10 ON YOUR SIDE'S TOM
SCHAAD IS DIGGING DEEPER
TO GET MORE ANSWERS.
STEPHANIE, RESIDENTS WANT
THIS SIGN TAKEN DOWN.
THEY SAY THEY WERE TOLD
IT WOULD BE BUILT
SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AND, NOW THEY WANT THE
CITY TO MOVE IT.
TWO YEARS AGO PUBLIC
WORKS INFORMED RESIDENTS
PLANS FOR THESE SIGNS
THROUGH THE BAYFRONT
ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
AT THAT TIME--THE MESSAGE
BOARD WAS SUPPOSED TO GO
UP ON A
STRETCH OF SHORE DRIVE
WITH MORE BUSINESSES, NOT
HOMES.
RESIDENTS CALL THE SIGN
ANGRY
NOTIFIED.
MARY LEE SAWYER,
RESIDENT,-"WE DIDN'T
TO
BE HERE. I CAME OUT OF
THE HOUSE ONE DAY AND
THEY'VE GOT A SIX
FOOT HOLE ACROSS THE
STREET. I'M THINKING
WHAT'S IN THE HOLE,
IN THE HOLE, WHAT'S GOING
TO GO IN THIS GREAT BIG
SIX FOOT HOLE.
BEHOLD IT'S A HUGE SIGN..
THE INTERIM PUBLIC WORKS
DID NOT PROPERLY
HE SAYS CITY IS WORKING
TO BETTER
RESIDENTS THROUGH REGULAR
UPDATES.
OFFICIALS SAY THEY WENT
CHOSE A LOCATION
BEST FOR DRIVERS. THEY
PLAN TO PUT UP
GUARDRAILS, AND
PAINT THE POLE ON THE
MESSAGE BOARD BLACK TO
MAKE IT MORE
AESTHETICALLY PLEASING.
BUT SO FAR, THERE ARE NO
PLANS TO
MOVE THAT MESSAGE BOARD.
TOM SCHAAD, 10 ON YOUR
SIDE.
POLICE ON THE PENINSULA