ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- Lyn Goddard has worked around the University of Central Florida area for the last five years.

• Resident says road partition add to congetion on McCulloch Road
• The intersection is on the boarder of Orange and Seminole counties
• Orange County controls the traffic signal, Seminole County handles the partition

She has seen growth in both in industry and traffic.

"It's gotten worse as far as congestion between the students and the different developments and apartments that have been built around here," Goddard said.

There's no margin for error here when it comes to roads being able to handle all the incoming traffic.  That's why one feature absolutely confounds her.

"It just doesn't make any sense that it's there!  It just stops so much traffic," Goddard said.

Goddard is talking about a cement partition on the eastbound side of McCulloch Road approaching the Alafaya Trail intersection.  

"What happens an awful lot of the time, especially during rush hour is that you will get traffic two or three thousand feet down the road," Goddard said.

This intersection of McCulloch Road and Alafaya Trail is actually pretty unique because although the traffic separator lies in Seminole County, the actual traffic signal at Alafaya Trail lies in Orange County's jurisdiction, meaning it would be up to them to make any signal timing changes.

Here is what Seminole County traffic engineer Charles Wetzel had to say on the subject:

"I'm not positive on the history of the separator, but I believe it went in with the development of the CVS on the southwest corner to allow them access into their business. Without the separator, eastbound McCulloch traffic would block the entrance into the CVS, as well as block traffic exiting left or straight from the gas station on the northwest corner.

Even if the separator was removed, the five to six extra cars that would fit into the left turn lanes would barely put a dent into a 2,000'-3,000' queue. It may also not be worth the fight (or business damages) to these two businesses for such a minor improvement.  Although this portion of McCulloch is Seminole's, the timing of the signal falls under Orange County's jurisdiction.

This intersection is at capacity most of the day and there is likely not much timing-wise that can be done, but Orange County Traffic Engineering could be contacted to see if any additional time can be given to eastbound McCulloch.  Other than that, I don't think much can be done to alleviate this backup."   

Orange County government said that it would send an engineering team to take a look at what could be done in terms of improving signal timing, but they are admittedly skeptical.  They think the traffic separator is more of a problem.  Although they agree that this would only help a few cars every light cycle when it gets busy, they still think it would help.

For now, Goddard has a little advice for new drivers in the area.