A review of sign placement cards and route corrections submitted at each junction finds a gap between the total in the public summary and the conditions recorded at the four-way split at Copper Bend. The difference does not prove that anyone misstated the file. It shows what the public count leaves out: a lamp bracket casts a shadow over the lower direction arrow.
The sign placement cards and route corrections submitted at each junction lists 56 signs legible from both the incoming and return passage; the previous window lists 52. Tikka Reed checked both against walk-through notes from every branch paired with the posted passage map. The source was checked against a second copy held by Sera Tunn. No dated correction to either copy was present when the comparison closed.
The repair crew says the arrow is readable at close range. Travelers say they need to choose a branch before they reach the wall. The office has not supplied a separate measure that would settle the disagreement, so the two explanations remain competing accounts.
This report supports a narrower finding: the count is repeatable, but it is not enough to decide how a sign remains clear when the same bracket serves a lamp and a marker.
The clerk attaches the current passage map and the last change card. The Year third, first seep window 3 file remains open for its scheduled decision. The sign crew will trial a high and low arrow on both approaches.
