Painting centerlines and edgelines on roads is a routine part of highway maintenance.  When painting, our forces use a "slow moving caravan" to identify the work area and protect the paint job and traffic from each other.  We also place cones on the wet paint, and warning signs are placed in advance of the work area before painting begins or are on the lead caravan vehicle. 

If you think the Department is at fault for the paint on your vehicle, you can receive a claim form from the Traffic Services unit.  The decision to pay a claim or not rests with our insurance company.  Although the paint we use now is water-based, once it is dry it is difficult to remove.  We recommend you talk to a professional body shop about removal. 

Best of all, if you find yourself in a long line of traffic moving slowly, it may be because the flashing lights and yellow vehicles way up in front are spraying paint on the centerline and edgeline, so don't ease over the line to look!