The state department of transportation has a bigger job than usual in changing the 36 road signs at Ohio鈥檚 borders that feature the new governor鈥檚 name.
The signs are meant to last at least 20 years, so ODOT usually just replaces the names of the governor and lieutenant governor.
But ODOT spokesman Matt Bruning said because the state鈥檚 tourism logo changed in 2015, all the signs were set to be replaced.
鈥淲e decided that it just made more sense if we鈥檙e going to change the signs to kind of hold off and wait until the administration change," Bruning said.
There are nine signs that still have the 鈥淗eart of It All鈥� slogan from the 80s. Four signs were replaced recently with the 鈥淥hio: Find It Here鈥� logo - , the 40-foot long signs over I-70 at Indiana.
It will take a few weeks and $100,000 to replace the remaining 32 signs, with half of that paid by the tourism department.
(Correction: ODOT has now advised that there are 36 road signs, not 38.)
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