Orange & Rockland Utlities has requested that Dingman Township post notice this on its website:
Attention all Political Candidates
PEARL RIVER, NY Sept.
29, 2015 ---Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. today issued a reminder to all
political candidates and their campaign workers about O&R’s long-standing policy
prohibiting the posting of all signs on utility poles.
This policy is
grounded in very practical safety and litter control considerations and O&R is
asking the cooperation of political campaigns for compliance.
Before anyone ever
imagined the Internet, one of the most popular local message boards by default
became the utility poles that line many of the community’s streets. The poles
were one of the most convenient and accessible methods for hosting a posting.
Signs of every shape, size and message sprung up every political season.
Unfortunately, those
signs and posters usually are affixed to the poles with staples, tacks or nails,
which present a potential hazard to O&R employees working on the poles.
Further, such signs
can obscure the pole’s 10-digit I.D. number, hindering customer efforts to
determine a definitive pole location when reporting outages or damage.
In addition, signs on
poles may impair sight lines at intersections, or otherwise present a visual
distraction to motorists. And, once the campaigns have taken place, the outdated
signs remain as an eyesore and eventually a litter nuisance.