Resources available for Improving the maintenance of signs and sign supports for local roads and streets:

• The Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices is the resource document that provides the standards for the size, shape, color, message, appropriate use and location for signs. The current manual is available on the Internet through the web site addressed:
  http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov
   
• Information crash tested sign supports is available from State's Local Technology Assistance Program. It is also available on the Internet through the web site addressed:
  https://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/roadway_dept/countermeasures/reduce_crash_severity/breakaway/signsupports.cfm
   
• Information on State Local Technology Assistance Programs is available on the Internet through web site. Contact your local State University for information on technology sharing.

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