The Teague Police Department wants to make the public aware of upcoming road closures, due to the funeral procession for Trooper Damon Allen.
We will be shutting down access to Loop 255 and Main Street on Friday 12/01/2017 as early as 11:00 or 11:30 a.m., until the procession is completed.
This will impact everyone’s ability to access local businesses or some access to main roads leaving the city. There will be Officers or City Public Works personnel at various intersections to prevent access to these roads.
HWY 84 will also be shut down from just beyond Loop 255, to Mexia.
Please cooperate with the personnel and help us honor our fallen hero.
Keep in mind it is a criminal act to tamper with or go around barricades.
Updates will be posted on the Teague Police Department Facebook page, as they develop.
Texas Transportation Code:
Sec. 472.021. TAMPERING WITH WARNING DEVICES.
(a) A person commits an offense if the person tampers with, damages, or removes a barricade, flare pot, sign, flasher signal, or other device warning of construction, repair, or detour on or adjacent to a highway set out by the state, a political subdivision, a contractor, or a public utility.
(b) This section does not apply to a person acting within the scope and duty of employment if the person is:
(1) an officer, agent, independent contractor, employee, or trustee of the state or a political subdivision;
(2) a contractor; or
(3) a public utility.
(c) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by:
(1) a fine of not less than $25 or more than $1,000;
(2) confinement in a county jail for a term not to exceed two years; or
(3) both the fine and the confinement.
Sec. 472.022. OBEYING WARNING SIGNS AND BARRICADES.
(a) A person commits an offense if the person:
(1) disobeys the instructions, signals, warnings, or markings of a warning sign; or
(2) drives around a barricade.
(b) This section does not apply to:
(1) a person who is following the directions of a police officer; or
(2) a person, including an employee of the department, a political subdivision of this state, or a contractor or subcontractor, whose duties require the person to go beyond or around a barricade.
(c) Each violation of this section is a separate offense.
(d) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $1 or more than $200, except that:
(1) if the offense is committed in a construction or maintenance work zone when workers are present and any written notice to appear issued for the offense states on its face that workers were present when the offense was committed, the offense is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $2 or more than $400; or
(2) if a person commits an offense under Subsection (a) where a warning sign or barricade has been placed because water is over any portion of a road, street, or highway, the offense is a Class B misdemeanor.
(e) In this section:
(1) “Barricade” means an obstruction:
(A) placed on or across a road, street, or highway of this state by the department, a political subdivision of this state, or a contractor or subcontractor constructing or repairing the road, street, or highway under authorization of the department or a political subdivision of this state; and
(B) placed to prevent the passage of motor vehicles over the road, street, or highway during construction, repair, or dangerous conditions.
(2) “Construction or maintenance work zone” means a portion of a highway or street:
(A) where highway construction or maintenance is being undertaken, other than mobile operations as defined by the Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices; and
(B) that is marked by signs:
(i) indicating that it is a construction or maintenance work zone;
(ii) indicating where the zone begins and ends; and
(iii) stating: “Fines double when workers present.”
(3) “Warning sign” means a signal, marking, or device placed on a barricade or on a road, street, or highway during construction, repair, or dangerous conditions by the department, a political subdivision of this state, or a contractor or subcontractor to warn or regulate motor vehicular traffic. The term includes a flagger deployed on a road, street, or highway by the department, a political subdivision of this state, or a contractor or subcontractor to direct traffic around or on the road, street, or highway during construction, repair, or dangerous conditions.
(f) Articles 45.051 and 45.0511, Code of Criminal Procedure, do not apply to an offense under this section committed in a construction or maintenance work zone when workers are present.
