A PA28 WHILE TAXIING STRUCK SEVERAL CONSTRUCTION BARRICADES LINING THE TXWY.

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ON OCT/XA/97 I INITIATED A SHORT XCOUNTRY FROM GXY TO 48V WITH A STUDENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF REFRESHING XCOUNTRY BASICS. THE FLT WAS UNEVENTFUL; WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FACT THAT UNICOM WAS UNAVAILABLE FOR A FIELD ADVISORY (NOT UNCOMMON AT 48V). AFTER A NORMAL LNDG ON RWY 33; WE TAXIED BACK FOR TKOF ON THE SAME RWY. WE HAD NOTED ON ARR THAT THE ENTIRE RAMP AREA WAS TORN UP FOR RECONSTRUCTION; DESPITE THE FACT THAT NO NOTAM WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION. AS WE TAXIED; WITH THE RAMP AREA BEING ON MY R; I WAS DISCUSSING THE FLT AND LNDG WITH MY STUDENT. CONSEQUENTLY; MY ATTN WAS DIVERTED TO THE POINT THAT I DID NOT NOTICE THAT SEVERAL BARRICADES BLOCKING THE ENTRANCE TO THE RAMP AREA WERE POSITIONED SO THAT OUR R WING WOULD STRIKE THEM. AFTER HITTING THE FIRST BARRICADE; I REALIZED WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND QUICKLY TURNED THE ACFT TO THE L; HOWEVER; 3 OR 4 MORE OF THE BARRICADES WERE STRUCK AND KNOCKED OVER. THEY WERE SPACED ABOUT 3 FT APART FROM EACH OTHER. I INSPECTED THE R WING AND FOUND NO DAMAGE; SO WE DEPARTED AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL RETURN TRIP TO GXY.