The closures begin today.
Attention, drivers: The Florida Department of Transportation recently announced lane closures for the week in Hillsborough. Here's a rundown of closures from Sunday, Feb. 3 through Saturday, Feb. 9: In addition, FDOT officials released updates on I-275-related projects:
Have you noticed the highway billboard made entirely out of pennies near Interstate 275 and Hillsborough Avenue?
Submitted by Leah Saunders: TAMPA, FL -- Locals in Seminole Heights were talking about the highway billboard made entirely out of pennies near Interstate 275 and nearby Hillsborough Avenue. The most popular question: How many pennies are up there? The answer is: about 120,000. That is $1,200. The billboard went up this week and it promotes Tampa-based Zeno Office Solutions’ new "Penny a Print" program. The program gives businesses a free printer with unlimited toner and maintenance - the businesses only pay for paper, along a penny per print. Tampa is the first market for this national campaign. The billboard will rotate to other locations in Tampa over the next six months, and then to other cities. The billboard was designed by Tampa …
Michael Schmidt
2:45 am on Sunday, May 6, 2012
No problem because it ISN'T against the law. You can deface and mutilate you coins all you like as long as it is not done with fraudulent intent. I don't see any fraudulent intent here. One thing that IS illegal though is to melt down the cents. And they aren't melting them. Currency on the other hand is another matter. It is illegal to "deface currency in such a way as to render it unfit to be … more ›