The Outdoor Advertising Control Program Needs To Be Reassessed

Gao ID: RCED-85-34 January 3, 1985

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the effectiveness of the outdoor advertising control program, which was established by the Highway Beautification Act of 1965.

GAO found that, since the enactment of the act, thousands of outdoor advertising signs have been removed to enhance the natural beauty of the nation's highways. However, many prohibited signs are still standing and are likely to remain, because federal funds are not being appropriated to compensate sign owners for their removal, as the act requires. GAO concluded that either additional federal funding or a change in the act's compensation requirement of the act will be required to meet the act's goals.

Recommendations

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