Whenever the department enters into a contract for the construction of a highway, it shall, as a condition of the contract, provide that the contractor shall place suitable warning signs that can be read from a distance of 100 feet in daytime, and that the contractor shall erect and place at night a red and white lantern or a torch or other effective device, of a type approved by the department, at both ends of the construction work, not less than 300 feet from it, warning the public that the road is under construction or improvement and is closed, impassable, or dangerous for travel. This section does not make the state liable for the failure of a contractor to erect warning signs.
Structure Alaska Statutes
Title 19. Highways and Ferries
Chapter 10. State Highway System
Sec. 19.10.170. Construction by department.
Sec. 19.10.180. Request for public bids; contracts for materials and supplies.
Sec. 19.10.200. Procedures for the award of contracts.
Sec. 19.10.230. Method of construction of highway ditches.
Sec. 19.10.240. Warning signs of road construction.
Sec. 19.10.250. Penalty for failure to erect warning signs.
Sec. 19.10.260. Replacement of permanent markers and filing of right-of-way map after construction.