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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) - You should know about an important traffic flow change. Clinton Avenue in Downtown Huntsville is now a two-way street for two blocks between Spragins and Washington.

The newly-painted yellow lines and several flashing signs alert drivers to the changes. Those signs should remain for at least the next week.

"You know, people are used to being able to go one way down the street so some of the people are coming out of the city garage and might be turning the wrong way," said Mayor Tommy Battle. "It's taking a little while for people to get used to it."

Thursday was only the first day of the change, but in a span of 10 minutes that night a WHNT News 19 crew saw two drivers over the center line, driving on the wrong side of the road.

Dan Sanders, Interim Director of Traffic Engineering, said Huntsville Police are monitoring the traffic flow and there haven't been any incidents that he knows of. "For the most part, people are obeying the traffic control devices," he commented.

But for the few who are confused, and the drivers who will be near them, comes this warning: be careful.

"Be aware," said Mayor Battle. "There's a challenge to a change. And that's what we're having to go through."

The mayor says he's confident this traffic change will be good for downtown retail in the future.

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