State lawmakers are racing against the clock to correct Texas’ sign ordinance, struck down last year by an appeals court, or else “Keep Texas Beautiful” might take a two-year hiatus when it comes to billboards. State House and State Senate committees both in the past week discussed legislation to make highway sign rules rely
“Billboard Bob” is gone, but the billboard industry is back with a vengeance. Sen. Bob Rucho, a Mecklenburg Republican, earned the moniker in 2011 when he co-sponsored legislation allowing billboard companies to chop down more trees to make their signs more visible. The new law also stripped local governments of much of their power
If you keep up with the news in Pittsburgh-as you no doubt do, astute reader of NEXTpittsburgh that you are-you already know that there has been plenty of chatter in recent weeks about a proposal to install a Hollywood-style letter sign that says “Pittsburgh” in place of the garish yellow Sprint banner currently atop Mt.
Company claimed signs were illegally taken. The realignment of Maple Avenue will go forward without the threat of continued litigation over two billboards located in the new right-of-way. Lamar Central Outdoor LLC and Schenectady County have reached a $37,000 settlement after Lamar, which owned the billboards, sued the county in December. The lawsuit by the national
PEABODY, MA – No more billboards. If there ever were a plaintive cry from Peabody city councilors, that would be it. Councilors though are trying to ensure that soon becomes a reality. Two separate motions came from the council earlier this month – the first to have City Solicitor Michael Smerczynski draft language to permanently ban
An iconic roadway deserves more billboards! City staffers in West Hollywood are concerned the Sunset Strip is losing its edge as a creative advertising mecca-they want to amp up the strip’s billboard game. They’re set to propose next week the installation of more than a dozen new billboards on the Sunset Strip over the next
EATONTOWN, NJ: The borough council is looking for more information before signing off on the installation of a new billboard along the Route 35 corridor. David Klein Outdoor Advertising is looking to put a digital billboard 160 Route 35 on the site of a Rayco Total Auto Repair shop located just before the Route 35/36
Many out of home leases require lease payments annually in advance. Is prepaid rent recoverable if a lease terminates early? Not unless you have a refund clause. That’s the lesson of Eujoy Realty v Wagner Communications. Here are the facts:
MERIDEN, CT – Drivers on Interstate 691 might notice a new digital billboard flashing advertisements near Exit 8. Overlooking the westbound side of the highway, the location was ideal, said David Gannon, owner of Independent Outdoor Network, which operates billboards in Connecticut and Massachusetts. “There’s a lot of traffic. (I-691) is a nice connector route
