PINE CREEK TOWNSHIP -- A $17 million PennDOT project is underway in Clinton County and some drivers are having a hard time making their way through the construction zone.
Orange barrels line a seven-mile stretch of Route 220 near Avis. Traffic is down to one lane while construction crews work to pave and patch about five miles of the highway and some drivers aren't too happy.
"It kind of freaks me out, makes me feel very claustrophobic, you know, just being in that one lane," said Marla Wadsworth.
"Things are confusing. People need to get used to it. That's just how it works,” Eric Murnyack said.
In a construction zone sometimes the off ramps are much shorter than usual, that's why PennDOT wants to remind drivers slow down and pay attention so you don't miss your exit.
"It's very easy to over shoot it because they don't really give you a big enough space to get in there and you're not really sure where it is," said Tracy Noll from Lock Haven
"There is an exit there, you just have to wait for it," said Murnyack.
Murnyack is in charge of this PennDOT project and it's not the only road construction project drivers will have to pass through in central Pennsylvania. In Lycoming County, PennDOT has also seen frustrated drivers at the Route 15 bridge project in Williamsport.
"One thing that people don't understand maybe is that there are regulations that dictate the spacing of the barrels. It's based on the speed of the highway,” said Brian Crosley with PennDOT.
"My fear is the people coming up behind faster and not realizing you're turning 'cause you have to slow down so much in order to get off at the right exit,” said Noll.
Crosley says his biggest concern is safety for workers and drivers.
"I've been really careful, especially since you hear about the number of people being killed in places like this because people have been going too fast. Yeah, I turn my lights on. I slow down," said Wadsworth.
PennDOT hopes to have both projects complete by October.