You will have to be extra careful driving through Ephraim beginning on Friday as crews work to protect the village’s shoreline. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation announced last week it would begin work to improve 400 feet of shoreline along State Highway 42 immediately west of the Ephraim Creek crossing near Brookside Lane. In order to do that, crews will install a buried concrete block wall and reinforce the riprap already in place near Ephraim Creek. The hope is the work will reinforce the shoreline near Highway 42 so it can be properly protected during high water events. The highway will remain open to traffic during the nearly two-week project, but motorists should still be on the lookout for flagging operations and the closures of the affected lanes and shoulders.