 Construction started on the project in May . One lane of traffic in each direction was maintained for US 41 / M @-@ 28 . Motorist seeking access to downtown were detoured via Grove Street or Lakeshore Boulevard . The Downtown Development Authority had plans to purchase billboards helping to direct customers to the downtown shopping district . A section of the intersection was opened in July to traffic from the south that turns west . The lanes northbound into downtown were opened in the beginning of August , and the city held a ribbon cutting ceremony on August 19 , 2010 . The remaining lanes were opened the next day . To address residents ' concerns about truck traffic through the intersection , the mayor noted that a large lumber truck successfully navigated the roundabout after the ribbon was cut . " It just cruised right around and through . All of these people who are wondering is it big enough , can you get a firetruck on it ? Yes , you can , " stated Mayor John Kivela . 
