THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, January 18, 1995 TAG: 9501180477
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B2 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY LARRY W. BROWN, STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH LENGTH: Short : 32 lines
The company installing surveillance cameras along Interstate 64 suffered a brief setback when 136 warning signs were stolen on two consecutive nights.
The reflective signs, valued at about $150 each, warn motorists that construction is ahead.
Dave Dorris, a project supervisor for Fischbach and Moore Corp., said most of the signs were taken from trucks parked at the company's control center for the project in the 900 block of Reon Drive.
``We know they were there Saturday night,'' Dorris said. ``Monday morning they were gone.''
Eighty-nine signs were discovered missing when an inventory was taken Monday morning, he said. Forty-seven more signs were missing Tuesday morning.
``They didn't leave me many,'' Dorris said.
Tools were taken from another truck at the same site, he said.
The theft stopped work for about a day, Dorris said, but construction now is on schedule. The site also will be more secure.
Dorris said he had no idea why someone would take the aluminum signs. They could be sold for scrap metal, he said, but there's not much value in that. Recycled aluminum prices range from 22 cents to 60 cents per pound. Each sign weighed about 10 pounds, Dorris said. by CNB