By lan Noble
j News Reporter .

WE'RE open for business, say the

merchants at the Westview shopping

centre.

«The centre’s stores had taken a hit while the
@ Westview: Interchange project clogged access
to the! plaza borduang Highway 1, Bur mer-
chants: want North Shore residents to know
that the work is finished.

Store staff the News talked to said business

: creased since the traffic light was
re dat Westview and the Upper Levels
nd all the ramps were opened.

But sales stilf areni’t as strong as they were
foré the extensive higahway project began.
wtFerne Archer of Pioneer Arts and Crafts
said in March that her business had been cut by

at least a third by the. construction project.
On Wednesday, she said she’s lost a lot of
due to the interchange work that have

north shore aews

BUSINESS

net come back yer.

“It will take a long time te
ness back up,” she said.

Brenda Murti, a cashier at Westview Bakery.
said business has picked up a bit, but she’s aot
sure people know the roadwork is finished yet.

Liquor store manager Herb Beaulieu said
customers started going to other liquor stores
during construction and business dropped at
least 20%. Bur the first day construction fin-
ished was like turning on a tap, he said.

Thar day, five people were milling outside
the liquor store before the store opened.

“The customer count has been up every day
since,” Beaulieu said. He added, however, that
the store still has fewer customers than in the
days before the Westview project began.

The story is a bir different at the Good
Nature Health Food Store. Assistant manager
Kelly Hamilton said business has been alright
throughout construction. But she added the
increases in business have not been as great as
she expected over the past few months.

“Tt dida’t affect us too much although we
definitely had our slaw days,” she said. “We are
probably one of the few that won’t complain
too much.”

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NEWS photo Terry Paters |
WESTVIEW liquor store manager Herb Beaulieu says business is.up.since the

Westview Interchange has opened, but stil! fags behind the levels set before the.

$33.9-miliion project began.

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