Roundabout haters, you probably should stop reading here.

Roundabout lovers, you’ll be glad to know more of those traffic-control devices are rolling into the Grand Valley.

Five more roundabouts are scheduled to open in the next several months.

Two are part of a $20 million road and parking improvement project at Grand Junction Regional Airport. Airport officials are in the midst of building roundabouts at Walker Field Drive and Falcon Way and at Eagle Drive and Aviators Way.

The devices should be done this spring.

Two others comprise a Colorado Department of Transportation project on Colorado Highway 340 in Fruita. One will be located at the eastbound Interstate 70 exit ramp, while the other will be at Raptor Road.

CDOT engineer Craig Snyder said the roundabouts will be the largest in the state, an effort to accommodate semi tractor-trailers and other large trucks that frequent the area.

The fifth one will be installed at 23 and G roads in 2009, according to Kristin Winn, spokeswoman for the Grand Junction Public Works and Planning Department.

Similar to the one at 24 1/2 and G roads, the roundabout is designed to reduce serious accidents that have plagued that intersection over the years. The intersection currently features stop signs on G Road.

A total of 27 accidents have occurred at 23 and G since 2000, resulting in the deaths of two people and injuries to 30 others, according to accident data provided by the city. All but four of those accidents involved one vehicle striking the side of another, which often result in the most serious injuries.

Fruita city officials are evaluating their options for improving the four-way-stop intersection of Aspen Avenue and Cherry Street. The city likely will replace the stop signs with either traffic signals or a roundabout.

“We know it needs to be (done) soon,” City Manager Clint Kinney said. “That’s one of our busiest segments of streets.”

One location where it seems a roundabout will not appear is at First Street and Grand Avenue, an awkward intersection that has long flummoxed drivers.

Snyder said CDOT, which is in the midst of planning a series of improvements to the Interstate 70 Business Loop between 24 Road and 15th Street, initially considered building a three-lane roundabout at First and Grand. But he said officials weeded out that option based on concerns from the public and the cost of obtaining additional right-of-way.

“Even I would have to admit it looked quite onerous with three lanes and all the legs going in different directions,” he said. “It was pretty intimidating just to look at.”

E-mail Mike Wiggins at mwiggins@gjds.com.