Progress is being made on repairs on Sierra Way – but what hasn’t changed in the 20 months that this road has been closed is the impact the closure has had on residents and local businesses.
- Several delays caused due workers not having access to the area during the Borel fire and weather impacts have pushed the opening date of the road to early December, 2024
- Sierra Way has been closed since March, 2023
- The cost of fixing this road is 3.2 million dollars
BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT:
On a chilly Friday morning two regulars at the Airport Cafe share a laugh with manager Heidi Espindola.
Heidi says these regulars are now the ones keeping the Airport Cafe afloat.
“We’re hanging on by our teeth because our business has gone down so low,” Espindola said.
Espindola says a majority of their business came from cars passing by on Sierra Way who see their sign.
“Honestly I’d say about 80 percent of it,” Espindola said, “I get like a quarter of the people that I used to get. We used to be busy, the patio and the inside was full, we’d have people waiting to sit. Now that doesn’t happen anymore.”