First Phase Of Repainting On San Jose Will Cost $300,000

Phase one alone, which is poles from Interstate 295 to Haley Road, will cost $300,000.

Crews are pulling out one pole at a time, taking them to a facility on the Northside and repainting them black.

At roughly $15,000 a pole, FDOT expects to spend more than $1 million to repaint all the poles scattered around town with the same peeling problem.

Phase one is expected to be finished by the fall. Then, FDOT hopes to start phase two repainting poles along San Jose North to Old St. Augustine.