LONG BRANCH merchants say these road safety cones have been sitting idle for two weeks with no road paving going on.
A number of Long Branch merchants say they have been waiting for at least two weeks for much-needed road paving be completed on Lake Shore Blvd. W. so they can regain their customers and start recouping their losses.
Merchants said they are being treated as “second class citizens” for the long time it has taken City officials to complete a water main replacement project in Long Branch.
MERCHANTS say they are losing money because customers cannot access their stores. Staff photos.
“It would all be paved and ready by now if we were in the Bloor West area,” one dejected businessman said. “My customers cannot drive here because of all the road work.”
Area cyclists describe the ride from Long Branch Avenue to Twenty Second Street on Lake Shore Blvd. W. as dangerous from weaving around a construction project, which doesn’t look like it will be ending soon.
The merchants show one strip of Lake Shore Blvd. W. that has been littered with road safety cones for more than two weeks as the stretch awaits a paving crew.
THE MERCHANTS say they are being treated as ‘second class citizens’ compared to other areas. Staff photos.