Victoria businesses vent over long-shuttered sidewalk – BC [Video]

Businesses in an area of downtown Victoria say they’re frustrated with a sidewalk repair project that’s dragged on for more than two years.

For three summers, the sidewalk along Broad Street between View and Yates streets has been behind barricades.

The barriers are meant to divert foot traffic as the City of Victoria works to repair historic glass-prism sidewalks.

But businesses in the are say little work has been done since the barriers went up.

“The next day they said we changed our mind, we are not going to repair the sidewalks … now, two and a half years later, we’re still here,” said Jim Cassels, owner of clothing store Simply the Best.

“We are paying for street-front window shopping, and you can’t get near my windows.”

Cassels said the stores on either side of his have moved out since the work got underway.

He said he’s been unable to get any clarity from the city about …