Southwest Ledger
By Mike W. Ray Southwest Ledger June 18, 2024
Apparently the summer vacation mischief is underway in southwest Oklahoma.
Thefts of several street and traffic control signs have been reported in Comanche and Stephens counties lately.
Sign theft is “a recurring problem” in Lawton, said Caitlin Gatlin, the city’s communications manager. Several signs and other traffic control devices were stolen during the Armed Forces Day Parade earlier this month, she told Southwest Ledger.
Approximately 15 signs were stolen during the first 10 days of this month, and approximately 190 had been stolen since the first of the year, according to Cynthia Williams, deputy director of the city’s Public Works Department.
Most street signs cost approximately $45 each, and large traffic signs affixed to mast-arm poles cost about $80 apiece, Williams said.
District 1 Comanche County Commissioner Trent Logan said his road foreman told him that road signs were stolen “probably a handful of times” during the past year. “Sometimes our crews will find them laying in a creekbed,” Logan said.
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