Under the current plan, the Windsor Motel would no longer be visible from the Trans-Canada Highway. (Denis Calnan/CBC)

A new plan to realign the Trans-Canada Highway west of Charlottetown has the owners of a motel in New Haven concerned.

The Windsor Motel, recently purchased by Shona and Matt Holzer, is right on the highway, but it might not be for long. The province plans to alter the path of the highway to smooth out sharp curves just west of New Haven, and the plan could include diverting away from the Windsor Motel.

"We renovated the motel. We spent a lot of money and we're just wondering are we still going to be here? Like, what's happening?" said Shona Holzer.

The government's current conceptual design has the motel out of sight of the highway, but the detailed plan is not ready and the province says it's too early to talk about the effect on businesses.

"To get into the detail and which business we're affecting, that's too premature to say," said Stephen Yeo, chief engineer for the Department of Transportation.

Yeo said the realignment is important for safety reasons.

The Holzers said the uncertainty around the plan is a big part of the problem. It's making it difficult to plan for the future. They have decided to diversify the business, but they are doing it without knowing where the highway will be.

Shona and Matt Holzer are frustrated at having to make plans without knowing where the highway will be. (Denis Calnan/CBC)

"Six months from now they could scrap this whole thing and we've changed part of our business," said Matt Holzer.

"It's kind of saying here's the book, but we're only going to give you half the book to read and you can guess what the last half of the book is going to be."

The government hopes to have shovels in the ground in September and the highway complete in the fall of 2013.