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Barrier boards are typically long plastic or wooden beams or metal plates used during road works and similar activities to cordon off areas, close roads or direct traffic.

Contents

• Around the world
• See also
• References

They are also known as council barriers, show stoppers, works barricades, or safety barricades.

Around the world

• In Australia barrier boards, (council barriers or board and trestles), are 2.5m long heavy duty PVC or timber boards with yellow and black reflective stripes on both sides supported by 1 or 2 'A frame' stands/legs. ^[1]
• In Europe, barrier boards are typically red and white striped boards made from PVC plastic or wood and are used in conjunction with traffic cones.
• In the United States, barriers are typically white aluminium or plastic 'A frame' devices with orange and white reflective boards on either one side or both.
• In Hong Kong, these barriers are in red and white strips; sometimes there are different uses except for road works

See also

• Roadworks
• Traffic cone

References

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