CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - City workers planned to remove signs in a neighborhood warning drivers to slow down for kudzu-eating goats in the area, after the public works department said they were posted illegally.
The goats were released recently in part of the Missionary Ridge area to hellp control rampant kudzu growth.
But orange signs reading "goats working" and warning of a $250 "goats fine" were not posted by the city, said Lee Norris, deputy administrator of public works.
"It's coming down," Norris said. "It's just somebody's idea of a joke."
The signs were good enough to fool some residents, said Bob Graham, vice president of the Missionary Ridge Neighborhood Association.
"Some people took it seriously and thought it was something Public Works had put up there," he said. "Someone went to a lot of trouble for it."
Graham said he thought it was a good idea to let area residents know the animals are authorized to be in the area, but no signs have been approved.
Resident Betsy Bramlett thought the signs were funny, but thought a different warning may be needed for the electric fence keeping the goats confined to the kudzu-covered area.
"As a safety matter, they should have some kind of sign saying, `electric fence, don't touch,'" she said.
