Residents in St. Cloud are dealing with traffic delays as the Florida Department of Transportation works to widen the turnpike from Clay Whaley Road to 192 to alleviate congestion.

Ollie Abshire, who lives in a mobile home community near the turnpike and Old Canoe Creek, said, "The construction is not bad. It's the traffic. With construction going on in the streets. There's quite a bit of traffic."

Abshire noted that traffic is particularly heavy around 6 a.m. and during the 6 p.m. rush hour, causing major delays on surrounding roadways. "I go out on the street. I kind of separate from the morning traffic to the evening traffic. I do my going out in the afternoon, 2 o'clock. The traffic is not too bad," he said.

He explained that it can take up to 10 minutes to exit the community due to

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