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TEXAS: Signs to gun shows will go on
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/state/headlines/20130103-signs-to-gun-shows-will-go-on.eceHOUSTON — State transportation department officials on Thursday overruled a decision by the Houston district office to stop putting directions to gun shows on freeway message signs.
Texas Department of Transportation officials in Houston had suspended the use of the signs to direct motorists to firearms-related events, citing concerns about their use for a Houston gun show days after the Newtown, Conn., school shooting.
But the suspension didn’t last long. State transportation officials reversed course after the Houston Chronicle reported the local decision.
“We use these dynamic message boards to help us direct traffic when there’s an accident and at large events to keep the public safe,” TxDOT spokeswoman Veronica Beyer said in a statement.
Beyer said local authorities “made an error” in suspending the use of the signs, which officials in Houston and statewide credit with improving safety and traffic during large events.
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Texas Department of Transportation officials in Houston had suspended the use of the signs to direct motorists to firearms-related events, citing concerns about their use for a Houston gun show days after the Newtown, Conn., school shooting.
But the suspension didn’t last long. State transportation officials reversed course after the Houston Chronicle reported the local decision.
“We use these dynamic message boards to help us direct traffic when there’s an accident and at large events to keep the public safe,” TxDOT spokeswoman Veronica Beyer said in a statement.
Beyer said local authorities “made an error” in suspending the use of the signs, which officials in Houston and statewide credit with improving safety and traffic during large events.
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Lots of folks go to those gun shows. I have seen lines at the entrance with hundreds of people in them. The signs do help people find the gun shows and improve traffic by letting them know in advance what lane to be in to turn for the show.
