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"The people that are do- ing this aren't in business and they are just doing whatever they have to do, and if they're blocking traf- fic to your entrance, which I certainly had the first part of July, I mean, they couldn't care less," he said. With access closed to its drive-thru off Weber Street, business at Harvey's at the corner of King/Weber is down about 15 to 20 per cent- , dropping it from 10th over- all in Canada to 25th, said the restaurant's co-owner, Alex Momin. "There's been a complete disregard for business here," Momin said. "It's been a never-ending pro- cess." What bothers Momin most is that he was given false hope while work stalled for long periods of time. "I wouldn't mind if I saw people working, but they dug up the road and walked away." Jimmy Boone at Jim- my's Feed Co. said, similar to Harvey's, the sandwich business is down about 20 per cent, with loyal custom- ers keeping him afloat these days. "Ninety per cent of my customer base is drive-up," Boone said. "This is not a high walk-by spot of town, so any disruption is a signif- icant one for my business." Boone pointed out that the Jiffy Lube next door re- mains closed temporarily. The Canadian Tire gas bar across the street has also been significantly impacted by the construction, howev- er the store manager de- clined comment and for- warded queries to its head office. "We heard it was going to be two months late, now I'm hearing end of November or December," Boone said. Tony Lobrutto at Charles Quality Meats said, aside from the fact the de- lays are hurting his busi- ness, no one from the region had come through his door since the project started to apprise him of the progress or lack thereof. "What I've learned, I've learned second hand from the construction workers, and it's not their fault," he said. Brown said a May up- date outlined the first series of project challenges that in- cluded a change of design to accommodate previously unknown storm sewer pipes and existing storm sewer pipes that, once un- earthed, were significantly different in size or location than was recorded previ- ously. He said there has been ongoing communica- tion directly with a number of residents and business owners throughout con- struction. "As work progressed through the summer and the other challenges arose, designs were adjusted and the contractor adjusted their work sequence in an effort to stay on schedule," Brown said in an email. "De- spite these efforts, it is now evident that all of the planned work cannot be completed this year." According to the region, however, solutions are in place for all of the major challenges. Starting next week, addi- tional crews will arrive on- site to accelerate work to complete the intersection of King Street North and We- ber Street North, and Weber Street North between For- well Creek Road and St. Da- vid High School, and be- tween Parkside Drive and Dutton Drive. The sanitary sewer and water main will be completed up to Milford Avenue. In spring of next year, crews are expected to re- turn to complete the re- maining work on Weber Street, between St. David and 80 metres north of Blythwood Road. Work is expected to last approxi- mately three months. As a result of delays, the region will be considering deferring the next contract on Weber Street, from Blythwood Road to North- field Drive, until 2022. "This will allow us to properly complete the pre- sent contract and allow the area businesses and resi- dents some respite before starting the next phase of the project," the letter states. The total project was originally estimated to cost $20 million and was expec- ted to take two years to com- plete. NEWS Continued from page 4