Barrier boards are typically long plastic or wooden beams or metal plates used during

road works Roadworks (called road work or road construction in the United States) occur when part of the road, or in rare cases, the entire road, has to be occupied for work relating to the road, most often in the case of road surface repairs. In the U ...

and similar activities to cordon off areas, close roads or direct traffic. They are also known as council barriers, Show Stoppers, works barricades, or safety barricades.

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Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

barrier boards, normally referred to simply as council barriers, are 2.5m long heavy duty PVC boards with yellow and black reflective stripes on both sides supported by 1 or 2 'A frame' stands/legs. * In

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...

barrier boards are typically red and white striped boards made from PVC plastic or wood and are used in conjunction with

traffic cones Traffic cones, also called pylons, witches' hats, road cones, highway cones, safety cones, channelizing devices, construction cones, or just cones, are usually cone-shaped markers that are placed on roads or footpaths to temporarily redirect traf ...

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United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

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 Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

, these barriers are in red and white strips, sometimes there are different uses except for road works

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