Gov. Katie Hobbs declined Wednesday to limit the digital signs above and adjacent to state roads to only traffic safety messages.
In wielding her veto stamp again, the Democratic governor said she did not agree it's inappropriate to display anything beyond warnings about crashes ahead, driving times to certain points, and general"drive safe'' advisories. House Bill 2586 sought to limit messages to those"directly related to transportation or highway safety,'' with the sponsor calling anything else"a little bit distracting.
Carter's bill would have precluded such messaging. Also gone would have been signs advising motorists of"no burn'' days during periods of high pollution. So, too, would have been messages the Arizona Department of Transportation now posts for state and national parks as well as those by the U.S. Forest Service related to wildfires.
"Prohibiting a municipality form requiring even the most basic of safety standards and regulations for groundwater wells threatens the safety and quality of drinking water that public utilities provide to residents and businesses throughout Arizona,'' Hobbs wrote, saying these could impact"our precious drinking water.''Current laws require approval of the Power and Line Siting Committee any time a new transmission line is planned.
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