(Westville, IN) - La Porte County Police are urging motorists not to veer around the road closure signs at an intersection where a roundabout is being constructed.

The request is in response to sheriff’s deputies addressing a number of traffic violations in the construction zone over the past several months and a more blatant one earlier this week.

The roundabout is going in at the south junction of U.S. 6 and U.S. 421 at Westville.

According to police, the most recent violator was a commercial motor vehicle driver veering around two sets of “ROAD CLOSED” barricades and venturing into the active construction site.,

“Driving behaviors of this kind are absolutely inexcusable and will not be tolerated! The construction zone is dangerous enough already and workers should not have to worry about additional factors that may cause an injury, or even worse, a fatality,” police said.

As the project nears its final stages, police remind motorists to drive slowly and use caution on nearby roadways.