If you’ve been on a four-mile stretch of 4th Street N in St. Petersburg the past few months, you’ve likely seen orange barrels, lane closures and maybe even some close calls. The $7 million ongoing road construction project is meant to improve safety and traffic flow on the oft-traveled St. Petersburg corridor, but some folks who live around the area say it’s having the opposite effect right now. “It’s absolutely a mess. It's caused a lot of confusion,” St. Petersburg native Michele Knight said. She’s lived off 4th Street for the past decade. “The danger is there, and this just made it worse." She says the FDOT project to modify medians, lengthen left turn lanes and build more crosswalks is leading to confusion and close calls on the road as of late. Our 10 Tampa Bay cameras even caught one near accident on camera Friday afternoon. “I’ve seen people jumping the medians traveling the wrong way trying to get to the streets or get to a business by doing a U-turn. I personally have almost been hit by somebody doing a U-turn where they just weren't paying attention,” Knight said. MORE: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/st-pete-4th-street/67-6acbb75b-b3e8-41f0-b885-eace1e950d32 ►Subscribe: https://on.wtsp.com/youtube ►Website: https://www.wtsp.com/ ►Facebook: https://facebook.com/10TampaBay ►X: https://twitter.com/10TampaBay