ABC-7 Listens: City to replace misspelled street sign in west El Paso

A viewer recently presented ABC-7 and the city of El Paso with a challenge. Would a misspelled street sign be corrected?

The Beaumont Place sign in west El Paso is missing an “A.”

“I’m disappointed that the city can’t get the name of the street right,” street resident Sandy Ahern said. “It’s important that people be able to find the street. They use their cellphones and GPS and they need to have the right spelling.” Ahern is hoping the sign is fixed quickly.

“Whoever’s job it was just didn’t look up the right spelling,” Ahern said.

The city’s planning and inspections spokesman, Ramon Herrera, said human error happens sometimes.

“When you think about the number of signs … if we mess up on one, we will own up to it and we will get it fixed. Which is what our transportation department is going to be doing with this sign,” Herrera said.

An older street sign is actually at a house near the corner of Crestmont Drive and Beaumont Place. A man told ABC-7 he picked it up after it blew off during the snowstorm last winter. He tried calling the Texas Department of Transportation to get it fixed or replaced, but instead he still has the sign with him.

Herrera said Luis-Armando Adauto should have called the city instead of TxDOT.

“They can come pick it up and put it back on,” Adauto said. “I don’t want it. It’s just taking space.”

Managers in the ABC-7 newsroom suspect Larry Wadkins Drive in east El Paso was meant to be named for pro golfer Lanny Wadkins, since many surrounding streets near Lee Trevino Drive are also named for other golf pros.

Herrera said the city doesn’t decide street names. If the developer makes a mistake, the city doesn’t fix it.

ABC-7 was told the Beaumont Place sign should be fixed by the end of the week.
It’s not the first time our intervention has cleared up any confusion. The spelling on Rogers Hornsby Street in northeast El Paso was corrected after a previous report several years ago.