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Gainesville changes Deshaun Watson Way street sign to green
Background color is changed from red to green to comply with federal highway standards
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The Deshaun Watson Way signs on the Gainesville High School campus remain red. - photo by Erin O. Smith
Gainesville city officials recently put up a green Deshaun Watson Way street sign after they were notified by the Federal Highway Administration that a red sign at Pearl Nix Parkway did not comply with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. Mayor Danny Dunagan said Tuesday the sign had been changed and declared the issue dead, but added he still did not agree with the way FHWA officials handled the situation. Dunagan and U.S. Rep. Doug Collins, R-Gainesville, issued statements Thursday criticizing the federal agency for communicating to the city that failure to comply with the MUTCD “jeopardizes the future use of federal funding.”