Billboard Control Under the Highway Beautification Act—A Failure of Land Use Controls

Requiem for the Highway Beautification Act

“…An earlier article in this journal detailed the history of the beautification program and enumerated some of the reasons for the act's lack of success (Floyd 1979a). Those who read that sad tale of environmental regulatory failure may have gained some solace from the sentiment that "Well-at least it can't get any worse."…”