ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A $60 million project is putting construction crew to work on I-490 in Perinton. Because of this - the New York State Department of Transportation has implemented a zipper merging system. Josh Heller with the DOT told News 8 Wednesday that this is different than the tr aditional merge, which is referred to as the early merge where you merge over as soon as you can. "In the zipper merge, you want to stay in your lane until you get to where the actual lane is closed rather than going in early. So that way you keep two lanes of traffic for basically the entire time until the lane closure." He goes onto say this system has been successful in other states. News 8 spoke to a man who frequents I-490, as he is a Victor resident who said he plans to avoid it as a whole. We spoke to one man who frequents I-490 - who said it caused an inconvenience for him "This is very unsafe. I mean, I wouldn't even drive this section of 490 anymore until it's finished because it's just too, it's too crazy." said Tom Burke. He notes that it nearly triples his commute time by taking back roads. "I'm retired, so I can pretty much have a leisurely day, but most people, it's just, it's not convenient and it's really unsafe." If anyone has questions or wants to learn more about the zipper merge, you can visit the DOT's website. ...read more read less