§ 136-26. Closing of State transportation infrastructure during construction; injury to barriers, warning signs, etc.
§ 136‑26. Closing ofState transportation infrastructure during construction; injury to barriers,warning signs, etc.
If it shall appear necessaryto the Department of Transportation, its officers, or appropriate employees, toclose any transportation infrastructure coming under its jurisdiction so as topermit proper completion of work which is being performed, the Department ofTransportation, its officers or employees, may close, or cause to be closed,the whole or any portion of transportation infrastructure deemed necessary tobe excluded from public travel. While any transportation infrastructure, orportion thereof, is so closed, or while any transportation infrastructure, orportion thereof, is in process of construction or maintenance, the Departmentof Transportation, its officers or appropriate employees, or its contractor,under authority from the Department of Transportation, may erect, or cause tobe erected, suitable barriers or obstruction thereon; may post, or cause to beposted, conspicuous notices to the effect that the transportationinfrastructure, or portion thereof, is closed; and may place warning signs,lights and lanterns on transportation infrastructure, or portions thereof. Wheninfrastructure is closed to the public or in process of construction ormaintenance, as provided herein, any person who willfully drives into newconstruction work, breaks down, removes, injures or destroys any such barrieror barriers or obstructions on the road closed or being constructed, or tearsdown, removes or destroys any such notices, or extinguishes, removes, injuresor destroys any such warning lights or lanterns so erected, posted or placed,shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1921, c. 2, s. 12; C.S., s. 3846(t); 1933, c. 172,s. 17; 1957, c. 65, s. 11; 1973, c. 507, s. 5; 1977, c. 464, s. 7.1; 1993, c.539, s. 980; 2009‑266, s. 10.)