You will have to get used to a new traffic pattern on your way to getting your cheese curd fix.

The Door County Highway Department announced on Thursday that they have completed their way roadway safety improvements to County Highway DK in collaboration with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation and the owners of Renards Cheese.

The biggest change may be the new locations of the stop signs at County Highway DK and State Highway 57. The stop signs will now control the traffic traveling on County DK. Motorists turning off the highway will no longer stop at County Highway DK but rather proceed with their turns. The speed limit on County Highway DK has been reduced to 45 miles per hour from Stone Road to Stevenson Pier Road. As a part of the changes, Renards Cheese closed one of its entrances while constructing a new one closer to its front doors.

In the future, the DOT will change the intersection to a right-in/right-out/left-in configuration, providing protected right-turn lanes onto Highway 42/57 and protected left-hand turn lanes on Cloverleaf Road. You will not be able to cross the intersection to turn left on Highway 42/57 under the configuration.  Mark Kantola from the Wisconsin DOT says there have been several accidents at the intersection over the years, and he is hopeful that the new pattern will help make it safer.