Frustrations boil for some businesses near Pepper Place as water main break, construction keeps customers away [Video]

NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE. NEW AT TEN SOME BUSINESS OWNERS IN PEPPER PLACE ARE FEELING THE IMPACT OF THE STREETSCAPE PROJECT ON 29TH STREET SOUTH. SOME ARE FRUSTRATED. THE NEARLY YEAR LONG PROJECT IS HITTING THEM IN THE POCKET. WVTM 13 S MAGDALA LOUISSAINT LIVE AND LOCAL AT PEPPER PLACE TONIGHT TO SHOW US WHAT’S GOING ON. MAGDALA. THE LAST SIX MONTHS, THE OWNER OF LUMBER HERE BEHIND ME SAYS THE SIGHT OF THESE CONES HERE AND ORANGE BARRICADES AND BARRELS HAVE BEEN KEEPING PEOPLE AWAY FROM HER BUSINESS. SHE SAYS SHE’S BRINGING IN LESS MONEY NOW. THEY WERE OPEN DURING THE PANDEMIC, AND FOR FOLKS WHO ACTUALLY CAN COME DOWN HERE, SHE SAYS, THEY DON’T THINK HER BUSINESS IS BECAUSE OF THOSE SIGNS. WE CAN’T JUST WAVE PEOPLE DOWN ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHILE THEY’RE DRIVING DOWN THIRD AVENUE AND SAY, HEY, WE’RE OPEN. YOU SHOULD …