BROCKPORT, N.Y. — Tourism officials expect hundreds of thousands of people to visit the Rochester area for the April 8 total solar eclipse. We already know schools across the state will be closed on that day. One business in the area is also giving workers the day off. It has to do with traffic, which is expected to be a mess during the once-in-a-lifetime event.

All five days of the work week, you can set your watch to it. Traffic on Brockport-Spencerport Road is heavy, especially during the morning and evening rush hours.

On April 8, traffic on a main route to Monroe County’s west side is expected to be infinitely worse.

“So imagine that all day long,” said Robert Burns, director of communications for Sunnking. “There’s gonna be so many cars going one way or the other.”

That is why the Brockport electronics recycler is shifting schedules for its 100 or so workers. They’ll be off work on the day of the total solar eclipse.

“It would be great for our employees to be able to have a chance to enjoy the Eclipse, a once-in-a-lifetime type of thing for us here in Brockport,” said Burns. “But the other thing is, traffic coming in and traffic going out here in Brockport for them, it's going to be too tough.”

On Eclipse day, the village should be packed. Several events are planned for that day.

“It’s gonna be absolutely nuts,” said Jimmy Zisovski, longtime restaurant owner. “It is in Brockport because I think Brockport is the line where it's going to be darkest the longest.

SUNY Brockport is selling tickets to view the eclipse. The southeast corner of campus is directly in the center line of the total solar eclipse.

In the village, businesses like the appropriately named Eclipse are selling eclipse glasses. The biggest goth apparel shop in western New York is hoping to benefit.

“It’s gonna draw a lot of people in,” said Eclipse owner Steven Brown. It'll be a lot of shopping, outside the four minutes of darkness.” 

Instead of being stuck working inside, Sunnking employees will have the day to do whatever they want.

“Mainly because we know it's gonna be a nightmare getting in and out of town for our employees,” said Burns.

On total solar eclipse day, they won’t have to.