A road construction project on County Trunk Highway B is set to begin later this month, with work scheduled between the Sturgeon Bay city limits and North Shoreside Circle.

The Door County Highway Department said milling and removal of existing asphalt, along with intersection excavation, will take place May 13-14. Paving is expected to begin the week of May 18 and will include two layers of asphalt, followed by shouldering and centerline striping after a brief curing period.

Officials said an adhesive will be applied between asphalt layers and motorists should avoid driving on freshly treated surfaces and follow posted signage.

Flagging operations and periodic lane closures are expected, though access for local traffic will be maintained when possible.

“I’m going to try to set a closure up between BB and the city limits to through traffic, I probably won’t shut the other end off and have a flagger there.” said Deputy Highway Commissioner Randy Dvorak. “I don’t think we’ll have to move any mailboxes or anything, we are going to try to make that road a little wider and with paving we’ll try to get back there on the 18th, depending on the weather.”

Weather permitting, the project is expected to be completed by June 22, excluding final striping.