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<blockquote data-quote="oksportsman" data-source="post: 4013974" data-attributes="member: 27661"><p>OKLAHOMA CITY (<a href="http://kfor.com/" target="_blank">KFOR</a>) – The pedestrian bridge over Northwest Expressway has been <a href="https://kfor.com/news/local/work-begins-on-pedestrian-bridge-over-nw-expressway/" target="_blank">under construction since 2021</a> and in that time, businesses along the construction zone say it may be driving away their customers, literally and figuratively.</p><p></p><p>“It would be like a mission impossible with this traffic,” said the Owner of Eggceptional Cafe, Ignacio Irra.</p><p></p><p>Irra and his family opened Eggceptional Cafe back in May.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, he says the “bumper to bumper” traffic in their area is all they’ve ever known.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://kfor.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/12/IMG_67961-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://kfor.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/12/IMG_67961-1.jpg?w=900" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>NW Expressway Tuesday morning. KFOR photo.<a href="https://kfor.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/12/IMG_6793-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://kfor.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/12/IMG_6793-1.jpg?w=900" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>Pedestrian bridge over NW Expressway closed off Tuesday morning. KFOR photo.</p><p>“It’s just pretty hectic. I’m not sure if that’s either good or bad for us. It could help people slow down and look at our restaurant or it could just be like, ‘I don’t want to stop by because this is going to be a hassle leaving,'” explained Irra.</p><p></p><p>His other concern is the construction and traffic comes out of nowhere when coming from side streets.</p><p></p><p>“Sometimes my children will come in and kind of help us out, but I kind of don’t want them to anymore because they used to walk by this little private street right here, but people don’t go slow. It’s starting to become a concern and to avoid any tragedies,” Irra said.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://kfor.com/news/local/its-been-well-anticipated-multi-million-dollar-okc-project-in-its-final-phase/?ipid=promo-link-block1" target="_blank">‘It’s been well anticipated,’ Multi-million dollar OKC project in its final phase</a></p><p>The City of Oklahoma City Public Works Public Information Officer, Shannon Cox said she understands the difficulty of driving through these construction zones, but they’re working as diligently as they can.</p><p></p><p>Cox told KFOR the project was supposed to wrap up by the end of this year, but because of <strong>“some material delays and unanticipated things,” the completion date has now been pushed back to spring 2023.</strong></p><p></p><p>Construction started in <a href="https://kfor.com/news/local/work-begins-on-pedestrian-bridge-over-nw-expressway/" target="_blank">November 2021</a>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="oksportsman, post: 4013974, member: 27661"] OKLAHOMA CITY ([URL='http://kfor.com/']KFOR[/URL]) – The pedestrian bridge over Northwest Expressway has been [URL='https://kfor.com/news/local/work-begins-on-pedestrian-bridge-over-nw-expressway/']under construction since 2021[/URL] and in that time, businesses along the construction zone say it may be driving away their customers, literally and figuratively. “It would be like a mission impossible with this traffic,” said the Owner of Eggceptional Cafe, Ignacio Irra. Irra and his family opened Eggceptional Cafe back in May. Unfortunately, he says the “bumper to bumper” traffic in their area is all they’ve ever known. [URL='https://kfor.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/12/IMG_67961-1.jpg'][IMG]https://kfor.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/12/IMG_67961-1.jpg?w=900[/IMG][/URL]NW Expressway Tuesday morning. KFOR photo.[URL='https://kfor.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/12/IMG_6793-1.jpg'][IMG]https://kfor.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/12/IMG_6793-1.jpg?w=900[/IMG][/URL]Pedestrian bridge over NW Expressway closed off Tuesday morning. KFOR photo. “It’s just pretty hectic. I’m not sure if that’s either good or bad for us. It could help people slow down and look at our restaurant or it could just be like, ‘I don’t want to stop by because this is going to be a hassle leaving,'” explained Irra. His other concern is the construction and traffic comes out of nowhere when coming from side streets. “Sometimes my children will come in and kind of help us out, but I kind of don’t want them to anymore because they used to walk by this little private street right here, but people don’t go slow. It’s starting to become a concern and to avoid any tragedies,” Irra said. [URL='https://kfor.com/news/local/its-been-well-anticipated-multi-million-dollar-okc-project-in-its-final-phase/?ipid=promo-link-block1']‘It’s been well anticipated,’ Multi-million dollar OKC project in its final phase[/URL] The City of Oklahoma City Public Works Public Information Officer, Shannon Cox said she understands the difficulty of driving through these construction zones, but they’re working as diligently as they can. Cox told KFOR the project was supposed to wrap up by the end of this year, but because of [B]“some material delays and unanticipated things,” the completion date has now been pushed back to spring 2023.[/B] Construction started in [URL='https://kfor.com/news/local/work-begins-on-pedestrian-bridge-over-nw-expressway/']November 2021[/URL]. [/QUOTE]
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