City pays to offset construction issues
The city has forked over millions to compensate merchants whose businesses have been blighted by construction sites, and intends to continue doing this.
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Ian 11:52 on 2024-06-22 Permalink
Other cities don’t allow construction sites to sprawl over the entire area for the entire duration of the project. Is there anything more frustrating than seeing a blocked off area with no actual work going on for weeks at a time simply because the contractors don’t have to put away the fences and cones? In some cities they actually make work sites put everything away and secure the site at the end of each workday. Here we have entire blocks fenced off for contractor parking for the duration of the permit even when the workers aren’t on-site. I guess paying off affected businesses is more cost effective, but it doesn’t do much for hte urban landscape – and definitely drives people away from downtown.