Drivers and businesses along Wellington Street in London’s downtown area continue to feel the pain as the city works on the downtown loop for the bus rapid transit project (BRT).
On Wellington at the southern gateway into the core, a sea of orange and black cones greets drivers. The multi-lane through-fare reduced to just two lanes as crews continue their work.
It’s so bad, drivers avoid the area all together, says business owner Ryan Alnajjar.
He operates Car Tech Auto Center on Wellington at Simcoe Street. He said business is down 50 per cent in the past year.
“They’ve been blocking the streets without doing anything for a very long period of time. And recently they opened up this side of the street and they blocked the other side. But as you can see, no-one is here,” Alnajjar explained.
The opposite side of the street, the west side, is barren …