The Christmas decorations at the Holland Tunnel are driving motorists nuts.
Workers who decked the halls at the Jersey-side tolls turned the signage into a total eyesore when they slapped a triangular tree over the letter “N” instead of “A” — and made the crossing a “TONNEL” by putting a wreath over the “U.”
The festive failure is so bad that one angry commuter has gotten more than 600 signatures on a petition demanding the Port Authority fix the decorations — saying it’s a holiday nightmare for people with OCD.
“I look at it and it makes me itch. It gives me anxiety and anger — why wouldn’t they just put [the tree] in front of the A?” fumed Cory Windelspecht, 38, of Tribeca, whose change.org petition notes that between one and three percent of Americans have obsessive compulsive disorder.
“One guy told me he avoids it completely and takes the Lincoln Tunnel because of the decorations.”
In a video promoting the petition, Windelspecht proclaims, “Every day, New Yorkers and New Jerseyians have to pass through these gates to get to the city of New York and they are forced to stare at this OCD nightmare.”
He also says in the video that: “When the tree is moved over to the letter A, this world is going to be a better place.”
A Port Authority spokesman said “We have spoken to Mr. Windelspecht and understand his point of view.”
He declined to say, however, if his agency would fix the holiday decoration horror.
On Tuesday, the petition had garnered 619 out of its goal of 1,000 Tuesday. Windelspecht now plans to speak at a public Port Authority meeting Thursday.
“Who are you hurting by changing it?” he said. “It isn’t going to cost you anything.”