Decorah and Hawthorn Road Closures:
Both of these streets will close periodically due to 5th Avenue construction. Please watch for detour signs posted by the City of West Bend.
5th Avenue Closure:
Beginning on or about March 28, 5th Avenue to the east of the St. John’s campus will be closed. As such, we will have to make multiple adjustments to our traffic flow, parking, and our car line drop off and pick up for St. John’s School.
Sunday Morning Worship
All four entrances/exits to and from 5th Avenue will be closed. In order to facilitate traffic flow, two turnarounds will be marked off so that traffic can exit the parking lot easily with our angled parking. (See #1 on the map above.)
To help with this challenge, the parking lot lines will be repainted in the coming week and there will be parking attendants to help facilitate traffic for the first few weeks.
Worshippers who are willing and able are encouraged to park on 6th Avenue or Spring Street to ease traffic flow in the parking lot.
Early Childhood Center Drop off and Pick Up
The drop off and pick up process will remain the same. After dropping off your child, please use the designated turnarounds and exit back onto 6th Avenue.
School Drop Off and Pick Up
We will now be utilizing 6th Avenue directly to the west of the School & ECC building for all car line drop off and pick up. Buses will load and unload on 6th Avenue next to the ECC (See #2 on the map above).
Car line will drop off and pick up directly in front of the school gym on 6th Avenue coming from the south. Those picking up children from St. John’s School should line up on 6th Avenue coming from the south next to SonShine Community Park, and, if necessary, on Hawthorn Drive.
Signage will be utilized to designate loading and unloading zones.
Final Notes
The city is unable to pinpoint an exact completion date due to the variables that exist with any robust re-construction project (weather, etc.). However, based upon what the city has shared with us, we should plan for this to take approximately 7 months, which is a completion date of approximately October 15.
This will certainly be a change to our normal operating procedure and people will need time to adjust. Two things will help the entire St. John’s community during this time. First, slow down and pay attention to your surroundings as things will be more congested. Second, if there is ever a time to show a little bit of extra grace to our fellow members of our community, this is the time.
