Due to a shortage of glass beads triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, the white lines being painted on Kansas highways this year tend to not reflect light as well as state officials would like. Still, the smaller glass beads being used to accomplish that purpose should nevertheless be “adequate” and “safe,” said Tony Menke, bureau chief of construction and materials for the Kansas Department of Transportation. “We’ll just probably need to touch them up sooner rather than later,” he said.
Source: Salina Journal
