Pioneer Press Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:48:11 -0700
Electronic billboards along interstates raise risks without delivering rewards
With 600 billboards, St. Paul is the billboard capital of Minnesota. St. Paul has more boards than any other city in the state. Surrounding communities from Shoreview to Maple Grove long ago banned new billboards and now have few, if any, within their boundaries. The industry proposes to upgrade many freeway boards to changeable electronic messages in exchange for removing some smaller boards that are off the beaten path. This is a bad solution to a bad problem. ... All billboards cause blight and are a distraction. They hamper redevelopment and, at gateways to St. Paul, they crowd out the views of the skyline and the river. Electronic billboards have an even greater negative impact. St. Paul should just say "no."
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