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Campaign signs off limits on KS highways

By Brian Hagen

07/05/2024

(KAIR)--The 4th of July has fireworks, Christmas has trees and wreaths, Easter has bunnies, and the election season has signs; and, as those signs sprout up in support of favored candidates, placement in some locations is a no no.

The Kansas Department of Transportation is sending a reminder that all political campaign signage is prohibited from being placed on state highway right of way.

A release from KDOT explains that "by law, all right of way on state highways is exclusively for public highway purposes," with the agency adding that "only regulatory, guide signs and warning signs placed by KDOT are allowed on the 9,500-mile state highway system" which KDOT has jurisdiction over.

When KDOT maintenance crews find political signs on state highway right of way, the signs will be removed immediately and without notice, with all offending signs to be taken to the closest KDOT Subarea office. Political campaign signs not retrieved from the Subarea offices will be disposed of after the election.

The release notes that while "political campaign advertising is allowed on private property bordering state right of way," with permission of the property owner, it explains that a "state law passed in 2015 related to placement of campaign signs on city- or county-owned right of way does not apply to state highway right of way."

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