Business has fallen off for restaurants in a block closed for utility work, a restaurant employee told Plaintalker.Work is being done at night and customers deterred by the daytime heat are now frustrated by the evening road closing.
Traffic is being re-routed into the web of one-way streets off the main drag.
The reason for the work is reportedly the need for an electrical upgrade at two buildings on the block which were converted to residential use over stores.
There are 16 new apartments in all, some of which are already occupied.The situation makes Plaintalker wonder whether other developers will have the same problem, as apartments are being created in other Park Avenue buildings.
As for the business owners, is there anybody at City Hall who can lend an ear to their worries about losing customers while this work is being done? Times are hard and it doesn't take much to knock out a business.
--Bernice
While there's certainly truth that construction work outside a business tends to mean a lessening of business...what exactly would you do to mitigate it - seems the only option would be *not* upgrading the electric. Not really an option...
ReplyDeleteNot having the work unnecessarily delayed would be important I guess.