§ 27-67-211 - Highway closure during construction. - Arkansas Statutes

27-67-211. Highway closure during construction.

(a) The State Highway Commission shall have full authority to close any state highway to traffic during such time as the commission may deem it necessary while work is being done thereon by the commission under the authority of this chapter or while it is necessary for the protection of the road during a period of overflow. During the time the road is closed, the commission may authorize the placing of suitable barricades and signs at each end of the portion of the road that is closed.

(b) Any person who shall remove the barricades or who shall use or attempt to use any section of a state highway thus closed to traffic shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction, that person shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) and shall be liable to the state for any damage done.