New Sign Posts Around Milton

Has anyone else noticed the new street sign posts popping up around Milton?

I’ve begun to see them around the Hawthorne Village area, mainly near major intersections that already have signs on the light and street posts.  These signs are unique as they are half the normal height of standard ones.  The nameplates on the sign are abnormally huge while the posts are short.

Aren’t our streets labelled well enough now, without adding more signs on corners?  For instance, drive around the Derry and Thompson Road area where you will find large signs on the posts that hold the traffic lights, each on Derry Road and Thompson Road.  Now if you stand at the south west corner you will find the short sign (I like that term better) along with another short sign at the north east corner.  Each one of these signs have the LARGE nameplate on them.  SO…in case you didnt see the large ones on the traffic lights, you’re bound to see them on the corners.  That would work if the posts were taller.  But isnt that sign overkill?  And why so short?  Is it because of cutbacks at the town level?  I know, I laughed too.

Other intersections have them as well, mainly along Derry Road at Trudeau among others.  I will endevour to get a picture of these signs for you to see, if you haven’t already seen them. 

One resident remarked to me earlier that its just another thing for people to hang signs on and block peoples views while trying to turn corners.  Well, that remains to be seen.