As the reconstruction of Scott Road drags on, Peter Foreman鈥檚 sales have dropped off.

He runs the Integra Tire Auto Centre in the 8200-block of 120 St., where TransLink wants to launch .

Work to build new lanes and islands has meant lane closures and pylons at every turn.

Business owners on the street are as frustrated as motorists caught in traffic jams.

鈥淲e鈥檙e massively down for September (business) over last year,鈥� Foreman said. 鈥淪o overall, over the past two months, it鈥檚 around 33 per cent down over last year 鈥� August and September of last year compared to this year.

鈥淲e noticed it right away when they started this, and it鈥檚 been pretty much all year, since March or something,鈥� he added.

The R6 bus aims to bring 鈥渇ast and reliable service to the Scott Road corridor,鈥� according to a letter addressed to residents.

鈥淭his work will result in fast and more reliable journeys for transit customers, more accessible sidewalk space to get on and off the bus, and improved safety for all road users on the corridor.鈥�

TransLink has tracked 30,000 bus boardings weekdays along the Scott Road corridor, where the new R6 project is designed to make for faster travel between Scott Road Station and Newton Exchange.

And so the work continues.

鈥淪tarting Sept. 18,鈥� the letter says, 鈥渨e will be commencing work on the east side of 80 to 84 Avenue. During this time, the curb lane will be closed for construction, and sidewalk access will be limited. This work is expected to be completed around mid-November.鈥�

, the R6 project is now 65 per cent complete.

Construction work typically ends at around 5 p.m., weekdays and weekends.

Foreman wonders why the work can鈥檛 be done during evening hours, and he鈥檚 not alone.

鈥淭he frustrating thing is, this wouldn鈥檛 affect anybody at night when not many of these businesses are open,鈥� he noted. 鈥淪o maybe they should be doing the work at night so we can still operate our business during the day.鈥�

Last week when pylons were set up, blocking the entrance to the auto shop鈥檚 parking lot, .

鈥漈hat was for a few hours,鈥� he said, 鈥渁nd the thing is, technically we do have access from the back driveway here, but nobody really knows about that. They (work crews) have to come back and close it off again to pour the concrete, so that鈥檒l be another day probably.鈥�

Moving forward, due to a new island installed on a previously empty 鈥渟uicide鈥� lane in the middle of 120 Street, drivers can no longer turn left into the auto shop driveway from the Delta side, heading south.

鈥淲e just opened this place in March of 2022, last year,鈥� Foreman noted. 鈥淲e took over the existing place and re-branded. I did look at the OCP so I knew what was happening with 性视界传媒 and Delta, but this is a TransLink project that I didn鈥檛 know about back then. I鈥檒l take some blame for not really checking it out.

鈥淎nd I鈥檓 all for transit and improvements like this, people need to get around, but right now this is just frustrating.鈥�