 A lamppost painting project caused standstill traffic in Bemidji on Wednesday afternoon and that caused the city of Bemidji to update its policies. Now crews had narrowed a southbound portion of Paul Bunyan Drive down to one lane in order to work on the project. The city says the lane closure on top of the bypass and Division Street detours caused the traffic to clog up. Now members will no longer be able to close down two lanes after three. We observed that yesterday as well. There's tremendous traffic back up downtown here, so that particular section of roadway will be not under construction for pole painting starting from 3.30. Project is expected to be completed by the end of next week. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.