Traffic on Western Avenue may be a tad confusing the next couple of days.

Senator Way, formerly Storey Street, is now a two-lane, one-way street. The change was made at noon today.

The change will allow traffic to turn directly off Western Avenue onto the road leading to the new Augusta Crossing shopping center, the Senator Inn, and the Kennebec Journal. Large, red signs indicating the new travel patterns are posted along Senator Way to direct drivers.

Personnel were on hand to direct the traffic on Western Avenue.

The only potential headache is for drivers headed westbound. The jughandle used to make left-hand turns to the newspaper and hotel has been closed and eventually will be eliminated, though a left-turn lane on westbound Western Avenue has been opened.

Click here to listen to audio recorded by shortly after the traffic pattern changed

On the turnpike, officials from the Maine Turnpike Authority are joining forces with Maine State Police today to remind drivers when a trooper is on the side of the road, it is the law for the driver to shift into the left lane if they are already not there.

Troopers will be conducting a speed enforcement operation today not only to catch driver zooming up and down the turnpike, but to give warning to those who fail to move over.

In addition, tolls will be handing out pamphlets to remind drivers’ of Maine’s “move over” law.

The punishment for not changing lanes comes with a hefty price tag — up to $311.