Turner Communications Corp. v. Georgia Department of Transportation

Pannell, Presiding Judge.

This appeal involves the construction of Ga. L. 1973, pp. 1071, 1077 (Code Ann. § 95A-916 (q)) pertaining to the placement of outdoor advertising signs along an interstate highway.

The facts are stipulated. Turner applied to the Department of Transportation (DOT) for a permit to erect two signs in Atlanta along Interstate Highway 20 (1-20), One sign would be erected adjacent to 1-20 and constructed for display to motorists on 1-20. The other sign would be constructed on the north side of Peters Street, which runs under and alongside 1-20 on the north side. This sign…