The idea was to reduce the number of billboards in Raleigh and clean up the visual clutter along its streets.
“I was hoping this was a path that we could do that,” City Council member Corey Branch said Tuesday. “Where we can remove maybe eight signs and maybe [have] one new digital [sign]. I think that would do a lot to make our city grow better, but … we don’t have the authority to do it.”
So the council decided not to pursue new rules the billboard industry was seeking to allow digital billboards in some parts of Raleigh…