Your commute on County DK will be a little slower in the future in the name of safety. The Door County Board of Supervisors voted 18-1 to lower the speed limit on the County DK from 55 miles an hour to 45 miles an hour and 15-5 to move stop signs at an intersection near Renard’s Cheese. Officials from the state, county, and Renard’s Cheese have been working together to help make the intersection safer for people using the area roads to get to the business and Southern Door High School. In addition to Renard’s moving its entrance as a part of its recently started expansion project, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation is planning on building a J-Turn at Stone Road and a Reduced Conflict U-Turn (R-CUT) near Cloverleaf Road that will limit vehicles’ movement in that area. The new speed limit will apply to a 2.3-mile stretch of County DK between Stevenson Pier Road and Stone Road. More conversations occurred among board members regarding the placement of the stop signs. The hope is that moving the stop signs will alleviate backups on the highway and limit the number of accidents at the intersection. Some supervisors said it was an incremental change to make the intersection safer, while others believed they needed to fix driver behavior first.

Letters of support from Renard’s, Southern Door School District, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, and the Door County Sheriff’s Department were submitted as a part of the board's packet. The costs to the county include the signage, warning flag, and labor. No timeline was given as to when the changes will take place.