AUSTIN, Texas – As plans to expand I-35 get underway, businesses to the east and west of the freeway are facing a harsh reality. “Like everyone else, we had to deal with COVID, which was a major disruption to our ability to do business. And then just everything else that’s happened since then,” said Sohan Fan, founder of the West China Tea Company, who spoke with FOX 7 in December. “As a business owner, I just want to do business. I don’t need non-stop crises. [And then] it’s like, ‘Oh by the way, we’re going to expand the freeway and tear down your building.'”