ORMOND BEACH, Fla. — A fast-growing spot in Volusia County that already has substandard infrastructure may get a facelift.

Crashes and congestion plague US-1 at I-95 in the Destination Daytona area of Ormond Beach.

“This place has a lot of potential,"  said Sue Sookdeo, who opened the Honey Bee Café off US-1 back in April. "I like it because there’s a big community here that don’t have many places to go past the bridge.”

A Florida Department of Transportation analysis says growing communities like Ormond Crossings and Plantation Oaks will mean traffic on US-1 will more than double by 2050. Traffic on nearby I-95 will increase by more than 40%.

“It’s going to grow very good,” Sookdeo said.

But with all that traffic comes crashes.

On top of that, the I-95 US-1 tight loop ramps and the vertical clearance of the I-95 bridges don’t meet current FDOT standards.

So the state wants to reconfigure the interchange and build either a Diverging Diamond Interchange, or an Offset Interchange.

Also, FDOT wants to turn US-1 from four lanes into six lanes, with sidewalks.

Because a lot of the crashes happen at intersections, median openings and driveways, the plan would limit the openings and driveways.

“For a small business that just opened, are we going to lose business or gain business? We don’t know how that’s going to work, so that’s nerve-wracking,” said Sue’s daughter Sophie Sookdeo, who also works at the café.

FDOT is still studying the area to determine which interchange configuration would work the best.

A public hearing is set for the spring next year.