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It is a sign of the times: The Obama administration is planning to yield to strapped states and local governments that urged it to slow or be prepared to stop federal safety requirements that they replace thousands of road signs with bigger, brighter, more legible signs by 2018, arguing it would be the wrong way to make them spend their limited money.
The administration plans to issue a proposal today to eliminate dozens of deadlines for replacing traffic signs to comply with safety standards initiated under the Bush administration, saying communities should not be forced to install the new signs until the old ones wear out.
Denver Post wire services
