Renee Roach
Appearances
Freakonomics Radio
Highway Signs and Prison Labor
They can generate a lot of those signs really quickly for a fairly inexpensive price.
Freakonomics Radio
Highway Signs and Prison Labor
We want to make sure that we get a good quality product because we want it out there for 20 years. We've got to be good stewards of the taxpayers' money.
Freakonomics Radio
Highway Signs and Prison Labor
I work for the North Carolina Department of Transportation. I am the state signing and delineation engineer.
Freakonomics Radio
Highway Signs and Prison Labor
We maintain over 80,000 miles in North Carolina. Any signs, we lay out exactly where they need to go, what do they need to say, destinations, route markers, and things like that. Any of the pavement markings that are out there on the road, we also place the size, the color, the location of those.
Freakonomics Radio
Highway Signs and Prison Labor
There is vandalism. You'd be surprised at how much vandalism. They may get hit or destroyed.
Freakonomics Radio
Highway Signs and Prison Labor
The vast majority of our signs are coming through Bunn.