Metro

Regards to BROADWAY

The feds yesterday put the kibosh on draconian rules that would have required all of New York City’s 250,900 street signs to be changed from all caps to upper-and-lower-case lettering by 2018 — a sudden reversal expected to save the state about $27.6 million.

Under the new plan, towns and cities across the country won’t have to replace their upper-case-lettered signs until they wear out.

“A specific deadline for replacing street signs makes no sense and would have cost communities across America millions of dollars in unnecessary expenses,” said Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.

Still, the Big Apple will lose the distinct, all-capital street signs that have been in place for more than a century.

All new street signs will have to be a mix of upper- and lower-case letters, with the same rules of capitalization that apply in writing. So, for example, BROADWAY will become Broadway.

The feds cite studies showing signs in all caps are difficult to read and increase the likelihood of accidents.