According to crash data from the police department, there were seven crashes between May 23, 2015, and July 19, 2015, on Seminole Trail between Berkmar Drive and just south of Woodbrook Drive. During that same time period this year, there were 21 crashes there.

“We’re certainly hoping that the traffic volume on the detour routes diminish to what they originally were before the project, but I would anticipate that’s it’s going to take a week or two for everyone to realize it’s open and for everyone to go back to their old driving habits or driving patterns going through that intersection,” Stoddard said.

A traffic study was completed on Carrsbrook Drive last summer, and Stoddard said another is planned in about six weeks to see if the traffic volume has returned to the levels measured in the 2015.

“Our big concern was residential neighborhoods, like Huntington Road and Carrsbrook Drive, that were not designated detours, and we did have a higher volume of traffic than we wanted, but we conducted a higher amount of enforcement in those areas to slow people down,” Stoddard said.

On Carrsbrook Drive, temporary speed cushions were put on the road to slow vehicles down. The cushions were used because they have gaps that don’t affect emergency vehicles.