Safer guards: Highways Department Senior Engineer Nip Chi-kwong says plastic barriers and new special temporary warning signs have been introduced to boost traffic safety.

The Highways Department has recently revised its Code of Practice for the Signing, Lighting & Guarding of Roadworks, introducing three new special temporary warning signs and plastic pedestrian barriers to boost road safety.

The department's Senior Engineer Nip Chi-kwong told news.gov.hk the code was formulated almost 30 years ago, providing a standard of good practice for marking road works and the necessary temporary traffic-control measures.