Small Edmonton businesses feel economic pressure as construction obstructs access

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Major ongoing construction along Gateway Boulevard has several small businesses south of Whyte Avenue suffering from lack of customer access.

has been going on for months and has many business owners in the area seeing a drastic decrease in business.

Construction equipment and ripped-up roads and sidewalks, all the way to the doors of businesses south of Whyte Avenue, are making it difficult for pedestrians to not only walk along the road, but access businesses. Churchill’s British Imports has been selling English treats to Edmontonians for 26 years and just opened a new location on Gateway Boulevard last summer. The store’s owner, Tony Badger, says this is one of the store’s busiest times, especially during Fringe Festival, which is taking place nearby, but the“The last week, access has pretty well been eliminated,” he said. “Vehicle traffic cannot access us off Gateway on 91st — that’s been for several weeks.

The city also hasn’t put up a sign listing the businesses that are open during the project like it said it would, Badger said.

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