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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON
Rappahannock "New* Staff Writer
Two of the county’s roadside stand operators have been put on notice that the Virginia Department of Highways will not allow violations of state advertising laws to continue.
Gibson Wharton and Reid Payne received letters two weeks ago from Resident Highway Engineer Don Askew ordering that advertising signs be removed from the state right-of-way.
In a telephone interview. Askew acknowledged that other operators were also violating statutes that prohibits any"advertising on state rights-of-way. He maintained, however, that Payne and Wharton were the ‘‘worst violators."
In his letters, Askew gave the two men three days to remove the offending signs. According to the resident engineer, his assistant, Doug Bywaters, checked both stands on Wednesday, October 4, and found all violations corrected at Payne's and all but one sign removed from the right-ofway at Wharton’s.
“The WashingtonSperryville area is a tough area to control (for sign violations).” said Askew. Advertising in the highway right-of-way for the roadside stands causes traffic hazards, he stated. "The operators think they’ll sell more apples if they get their signs right on the road. Every year we go through the same ordeal. We become very unpopular over there in Rapphannock.”
Askew said he'd toured the county three weeks ago checking the roadside fruit businesses. "It was a com
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