Contruction blamed for ruining Pembroke, Ont. restaurant's summer business

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The Nelson Street Pub in Pembroke says it has lost more than 70 per cent of its business because of a major construction project all around it.

The Nelson Street Pub in Pembroke, Ont. is right in the middle of a major construction zone, affecting every road customers could use to reach it.

"When you look down the street you just see trucks and [customers] think you're closed," says Moorehead.Many tables in the popular riverside pub now sit empty during lunch and dinner rush hours. Moorehead says he's had to cut hours for staff due to a lack of customers coming into his establishment. Customers still interested in patronizing The Nelson Street Pub either after to park outside of the construction zone and walk through the torn up roads, or drive past the road closed signs and over the construction terrain.

"With detours, you don't have the drive by traffic for those impulse shoppers," said Kelly Hollihan, executive director at the UOV Chamber of Commerce.

 

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