There is frustration in Polk County as people are waiting to pull out while dozens of cars drive by.

And it seems to be a daily occurrence for drivers in one neighborhood.

The intersection in question is U.S. 27 at Holly Hill Cutoff. Residents there would love a traffic signal.

"What normally takes me 20 minutes to get my daughter to school, I was rerouted and it took me two and a half hours to get her to school," resident Tiffany Shewfelt said of a recent experience.

With three lanes in each direction and with the continued growth of the area, there is more traffic than ever at the location. Shewfelt described waiting for more than 100 cars to pass before there's a gap big enough to chance.

"You've just got to take your chance when you have it, because you might not get it again," she said.

There are signals to the north at Masse Road and to the south at Sanders Road and a previous survey by the state did not show that Holly Hill Cutoff met the standard for a signal.

"I've told my husband, 'If we don't get a light in here, eventually we're going to get hit,'" Shewfelt said. “I don't mean to be negative, but the way it is and especially morning rush time, afternoon, lunch, the peak times, it's very dangerous."

Bay News 9 Real Time Traffic Reporter Chuck Henson reached out to both the county and the state to see if enough time has passed to have a new traffic study started at the intersection.

In the meantime, it appears as though the light at Sanders Road to the south is an option.  The neighborhood connects and that may provide a safer opportunity to get onto U.S. 27.