Signs on Hwy 518

Pocock picket signs on Hwy 518 east if Hwy 400.

Yesterday morning I hammered some of my picket signs into the gravel shoulder of Hwy 518 just east of Hwy 400. A passing MTO employee stopped to suggest I speak to MTO staff to confirm the signs wouldn't be considered a distraction.

I spoke with the MTO's sign expert, Valerie, in Huntsville by phone this morning. I got the A-OK to put the signs in (election signs have a special exception) if they are spaced 32 feet apart instead of 16 feet apart as they are in the photo above.

Below is my e-mail to Valerie regarding this change.

Hi Valerie,

Thank you for your direction this morning regarding my campaign signs
on highway 518.

Please find the attached photo of five signs currently installed on
518 spaced at sixteen foot intervals. With your advice, I will change
the spacing of signs to 32 foot intervals.

I'm off to do the changes right away. My plan is to place signs in
this fashion on either side of 518. Please let me know if you have
any further concern. I will make changes according to your
instruction immediately.

Thank you very, very much for kind consideration.

Bill Pocock

UPDATE:

I just received an e-mail from Valerie with a different finding.

According to the legislation to which provincial highways apply...

Under Section 7.4, it states that temporary signs (for example, election
signs) must not exceed one sign facing in each direction of travel on
any 2 km section of a provincial highway.

So, Saturday morning I'm off again to Hwy 518 to pull pickets again and, well, space them out a bit.