A requirement to remove signs and benches from the state’s right-of-way on Main Street may be delayed under a plan by the state Department of Transportation. But the encroachments still must go, said Diane Powell, agency property manager.

“You’re not allowed to have signs in the state right-of-way. Even after the project is complete, you can’t put the signs back up in the street. That’s a federal statute,” Powell said.

Powell recently drafted a proposal…