04.02.2008 11:47 am
Clocks are ticking
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Crews today installed new clocks on the New I-64 countdown signs. They’re counting down the months and days left until the end of construction, starting at 20 months, 28 days. In the fall, the three signs were set up to count down the days, hours, minutes and even seconds until the completion of the Highway 40 (Interstate 64) project. The Missouri Department of Transportation turned off the signs just a few days later. The jumble of numbers as they were displayed confused too many passing motorists.
The countdown signs are on westbound Highway 40 near Kingshighway, southbound Interstate 170, and eastbound Highway 40 near Interstate 270. Gateway Constructors, the team of contractors rebuilding the interstate, paid for the signs.
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Did any of the complainers bother to read the entire thing? The contractors are paying for this - it’s just a bit of corporate PR. They do this sort of thing for projects like this because some people get irrationally bent out of shape anytime they see/hear something they don’t understand or agree with, no matter how trivial it is.