A major construction project by the MTA in the Bronx is severely impacting local businesses, causing a drastic decline in foot traffic and accessibility. Since the project's initiation, business owners have reported losing up to 50% of their income due to a giant fence blocking visibility and access. Complaints include a lack of parking and homeless encampments proliferating in the area. Initially projected to take only six months, the project has now been extended by two years, exacerbating frustrations among business owners and indicating mismanagement of resources by the MTA.
This is killing us, said Lou Porco, the owner of Broadway Joe's Pizza, which has been in the area since 1969, to The Post last week.
A lot of people think we are closed because they can't even see us. People can't stop, they can't pull over because there is no parking, he said.
The MTA said they need money. They got the congestion pricing toll to help them out, and here they start working, and then they stopped, he said.
They are asking for money, but they are wasting money. Nobody is working out there.
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