You might be waiting a while if you are looking for significant changes at an intersection in the Town of Sevastopol that saw another accident last week.

Traffic had to be rerouted for some time on April 7th for a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of State Highway 42/57 and Gordon Road (County BB). The accident came months after a resident had a near miss at the intersection, saying it has only become more hazardous with the inclusion of a recommended truck route.

Door County Highway Commissioner Thad Ash told Door County Daily News that the intersection is up for resurfacing in 2023, but no other improvements are being planned. If a traffic safety feature were to be installed, such as a roundabout or a J-Turn, it would take four to six years before it became a reality. Without funding the project itself, the county can only suggest that a fix must be made to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.

Mark Kantola from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation told Door County Daily News that crash data does not support an additional safety feature to be installed. From 2017 to 2021, five of the 11 crashes involved motorists traveling east on Gordon Road colliding with those traveling south on STH 42/57. One other collision involved a driver traveling north. Only one of those six crashes was due to a person failing to stop at the stop sign, which occurred on August 18th, 2020. The other crashes involved people failing to yield the right of way to traffic on State Highway 42/57. You can find the chart of these crashes below.

Residents will be able to make their thoughts known on this and other concerns with the Door County Highway Safety Commission when it meets on May 5th at 9 a.m. at the Door County Government Center.