Village Rd ‘can see finish’ following up to 70% losses

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net

VILLAGE Road businesses yesterday said they can “see the finish line” on year-long roadworks that have caused sales revenue to plummet by up to 70 percent.

Michael Fields, president of Four Walls Squash and Social Club, told Tribune Business the project’s contractor had disclosed that paving work should start at the road’s northern end this week as business owners wait to receive the Government’s formal response to their proposal for tax relief and other incentives to help commerce in the area rebound.

Revealing that the Davis administration has asked for seven working days to reply when the two sides met last Monday, he added that the Government “had a listening ear” to the private sector’s plight and appeared to be “very open” to providing some form of assistance to Village Road businesses.

The details remain to be worked out, and Mr Fields said he wanted to give the Government the time it had requested to respond before commenting in greater detail.

Nevertheless, he told this newspaper: “The