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Street sign and striping crews provide traffic control around Salt
Lake County. Our crews perform annual maintenance on the roadways and signs.
Services Provided:
- Installation of traffic control signs
- Installation of street markers
- Maintenance of street markings
- Maintenance of crosswalks
- Graffiti Removal -
To Report Graffiti, call: END-GRAF 801 363-4723
- Installation of deaf/blind child signs
- Installation of and monitoring of adopt a highway signs and program
- Adopt-A-Highway
Commonly Asked Questions:
How can I get a deaf or blind child sign on my street?
These signs will be posted only on 25 mph streets. An application can be obtained
from the Operations Division or online (print using Adobe Acrobat).
Provide the child’s proof of residency information from a doctor and have a posted speed limit
of 25 mph. You may complete Blind
Child Sign Request form or the Deaf Child
Sign Request form.
How can we volunteer for the Adopt-a-Highway Program?
Jeff Ericsen coordinates the volunteers for this program.
You may complete Adopt-A-Highway form.
Why are some street signs blue?
This indicates the street is a private street and Salt Lake
County does not provide road maintenance.
What should I do if my stop sign gets hit?
Contact dispatch at 562-6418 who will send a crew to fix it. This is
considered an emergency and should be taken care of immediately.
Can I get a "Children at Play" sign on
my street?
The County does not permit the use of these signs on County
streets because they tend to give parents and children a false sense of
security. Children should be encouraged to play well away from the street.
Also, drivers need to watch for children at ALL times not just in areas
with these signs.
Won’t "Children at Play" signs help protect
our kids?
An often heard neighborhood request concerns the posting
of generalized warning signs with "CHILDREN AT PLAY", "SLOW
CHILDREN" or other similar messages. Parental concern for the safety
of children in the streets near home and a misplaced but widespread public
faith in the ability of traffic signs to provide protection often prompt
these requests.
At first consideration it might seem that "CHILDREN
AT PLAY" type signs would provide protection for youngsters playing
in a neighborhood. They do not.
Studies have generally shown that many types of signs attempting to warn of
normal conditions in residential areas have failed to achieve the desired safety
benefits. Studies made in cities where such signs were widely posted in residential
areas showed no evidence of having reduced pedestrian accidents, vehicular
speeds, or legal liability.
These studies have further shown that "CHILDREN AT
PLAY" type signs are more dangerous than no sign at all because they
create a false sense of security. If signs encourage parents and children
to believe they have an added degree of protection, which these signs do
not and cannot provide, then a great disservice results.
Children should not be encouraged to play in the street.
These type of signs have long been rejected because they are a direct and
open suggestion that this behavior is acceptable. In addition their use
could open the County to tort liability. Because of these serious considerations
the County does not recognize and Federal standards discourage
use of "CHILDREN AT PLAY" type signs. Unfortunately it has been
our experience that most of the traffic problems within a neighborhood are
caused by the residents in that area. Perhaps exerting sufficient social
pressure on the offender or slowing the pace of modern life might alleviate
most of these traffic problems. For the above reasons the County cannot
provide nor allow the use of "CHILDREN AT PLAY" type signs along
public streets.
Citizen Concern Form
Concern or Questions . . . email pwOps-online@slco.org
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