You will have to plan for a different route through downtown Sturgeon Bay for at least a week beginning on Monday.

Sturgeon Bay Engineer Technician Brian Spetz announced on Friday that Madison Avenue would be closed to replace water and sanitary laterals for Dejardin Cleaners. The city is asking motorists to use N. Lansing Avenue as a detour. The road is expected to reopen by October 30th if the weather cooperates.

This is on the heels of similar work being done on the other side of the city, with N. 14th Avenue being closed to through traffic from the north side of Wal-Mart’s driveway to the north side of 1361 N. 14th Avenue for sewer and water main installations.  The closure will be from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, with the roadway reopening when work is not occurring. No end date has been shared, but a detour route will be posted to route traffic around the work area using Bluebird Street, N 12th Place, and Gordon Road. With that project, City Engineer Chad Shefchik said blasting was expected to take one to two days, and once the pipework started, it would be another four to five days after the project was completed.