American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Sign Guidance

On March 3, 2009 President Obama made the commitment that all = projects=20 funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) will = bear a=20 recovery emblem to make it easier for Americans to see which = projects are=20 funded by the ARRA. To meet this commitment, FHWA strongly = encourages=20 agencies to use the economic recovery signs on all projects funded = by the=20 ARRA. The following factors should be considered with respect to = design=20 and placement of these signs:

Sign Design:

All economic recovery sign design layout and color should be = similar=20 to the sign design attached with this guidance.

Sign Placement:

With respect to placement of traffic control signs, = regulatory,=20 warning, and guide signs have a higher priority than the = economic=20 recovery signs.
In no case shall these signs be placed such that it obscure = road=20 users' view of other traffic control devices.
Economic recovery signs should be placed where they can be = easily=20 identified with the corresponding projects.
If the placement of economic recovery signs conflicts with = newly=20 installed higher priority signs, or traffic signals, or = temporary=20 traffic control devices, or other priority devices, the economic = recovery sign should be relocated.
Due to public safety concerns, economic recovery signs should = not be=20 allowed at the following locations:
- On the front, back, adjacent to or around any traffic = control=20 device, including traffic signs, signals, changeable message = signs,=20 traffic control device posts or structures, or bridge = piers.
- At key decision points where a driver's attention is more=20 appropriately focused on traffic control devices, roadway = geometry, or=20 traffic conditions. These locations include, but are not = limited to=20 exit and entrance ramps, intersections controlled by traffic = signals=20 or by stop or yield signs, highway-rail grade crossings, and = areas of=20 limited sight distance.

Sign= =20 Layout Details, 3/23/2008 (234 KB pdf)=20
Recovery Sign files in pdf, eps, dwg, and dgn formats for = agencies=20 to use:
arra_0= 9_0414.zip=20 (3,569 KB)
File contains:=20
1. Individual sign components without dimensions for each of = the=20 120-inch and 84-inch sign designs (for fabrication purposes)=20
2. Design detail with dimensions and notes (for inclusion in = design=20 drawings) =