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However, Jonathan Burgoyne, co-owner of new shop The Knutti Store, which opened in July, said the roadworks now being carried out in Goodramgate to install the bollards were proving "soul destroying". As a result Mr Burgoyne and Mr Lewis said they closed for several days and were now considering shutting up shop completely during September until the roadworks were completed.
"We are about to start closing for lunch. We figured out this is when it's the noisiest [from the roadworks] and it's unbearable to dine in our restaurant at that time," he said.On the other side of the street, families with prams and pedestrians with bicycles patiently wait to pass each other on the narrow strip of pavement left to pass the works.She said communication from the council had been poor: "We had one letter a few weeks ago, no one has come to speak to us.