AB 457

Under current law, during construction or repair of a road or when a road is

impassable or unsafe for travel, the highway authorities in charge of construction or

maintenance of the road may close the road by maintaining barriers at each end of

the closed road. The barriers must be of such material and construction and so placed

as to indicate that the highway is closed and must be lighted at night. This bill allows

road closure barriers, in lieu of being lighted at night, to be of a retroreflective

material or markings so as to be visible at night.

Also under current law, contractors doing work that obstructs city streets or

sidewalks must put up and maintain barriers and lights to prevent accidents. This

bill allows these contractors to put up and maintain barriers constructed of such

retroreflective material or bearing such markings as to be visible at night, in lieu of

barriers and lights.