The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is reminding you that you might have to use a different route to get to where you need to go beginning on Monday if you use State Highway 54. Tuesday is the first day of the $7.7 million, 13.2-mile road construction that will make much-needed repairs and safety improvements to State Highway 54 stretching from Rock Ledge Road in the Town of Luxemburg to Sunset Avenue in the City of Algoma. While the roadway will remain mostly open with lane closures and flagging operations during the project, there will be some times when hard closures are needed. According to Mark Kantola from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, State Highway 54 will be closed from September 5th through the 12th between County K and Evergreen. He says the replacement of culverts in the stretch will cause the road to be entirely closed at different times.

The goal of the project, which includes resurfacing the roadway, adding new guardrails and rumble strips, and widening paved shoulders, is to make State Highway 54 a safer and smoother ride for motorists. With help from Mother Nature, the project is expected to be finished in mid-November.