You can have a say in the future of a troubled intersection in Door County when the Wisconsin Department of Transportation hosts a public meeting on the County Road BB (Gordon Road)/State Highway 42/57 intersection next week. The intersection had seen 18 accidents between 2018 and 2022, leading up to the county asking the WisDOT to do something about the intersection. While the groundwork could be laid for a roundabout to be constructed, county officials approved approximately $250,000 to make adjustments to the intersection to limit people from turning north onto the highway from Gordon Road, forcing them to go south first. WisDOT spokesperson Mark Kantola says while the changes have helped, a more permanent solution is definitely needed.

After securing approximately $2 million for the project in 2023, WisDOT will host a virtual meeting on July 30th at 4 p.m. You can find information on the meeting and about the entire project at this link.

Kantola says that access to the highway from Gordon Road would be closed during the project, and a temporary bypass roadway would allow the highway to stay open. You still have a while before you will see movement at the intersection for the project. Utility relocations will not start until late 2027, and the construction of the roundabout will not begin until 2028.