 A section of Division Street near Bemidji High School has officially been closed to start construction on three new roundabouts. The high school intersection will be 100 percent closed to oncoming traffic. Instead all cars coming through the corridor will be redirected to the Adams intersection. The roundabouts are meant to improve traffic flow in response to the new Jean Dillon Elementary School opening up this fall in the area. Roundabouts are for improving the traffic flow. We're going to have some additional traffic on division with the new school that's coming out there, the Jean Dillon Elementary School, and along with the traffic we've got out there. And so we just need to improve those intersections for traffic flow and roundabouts help with that along there. They are safer than traditional signalized intersections. So we're building three roundabouts. The roundabouts are expected to be finished by the start of the next school year in the beginning of September. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.