Work began in early June to improve the safety of Bluemound Road. The first segment of construction is between Moorland Road and Calhoun Road. The DOT anticipated that each segment would take about a month to complete. We are at week four, so the newly configured highway should soon be "open."
Businesses east of Calhoun should breathe a sigh of relief within a week or so. The learning process will then begin.
In the meantime, we have all enjoyed the traffic calming to date and traffic tie-ups. Especially enjoyable are the motorists who block other intersections while waiting.
Also noticed (while sitting through three stop light cycles) is that more drivers are making u-turns at intersections with stop lights. The "no u-turn" signs are no longer at the intersections, so evidently they are legal now.
Also, be especially wary of work that has been completed. For example, Calhoun Road, north of Bluemound, has already made changes to traffic patterns, but one exit from the strip mall does not have a "no left turn" sign - yet.
When the work is completed east of Calhoun, crews will begin working on the Calhoun to Brookfield Road improvements.
