<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1jaVZi_19rVPIfh00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1jaVZi_19rVPIfh00" width="1200" height="600" ><p>COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) -Three separate road projects are underway simultaneously on Buena Vista Road, creating what residents and business owners describe as a prolonged disruption that has forced some businesses to relocate or close.</p><p>“It’s a perpetual construction site for nearly a mile and a half and it’s just crazy,”</p><p>’’It’s been six years since they been working on it and stuff and it makes it kinda hard for the people in the area.’' two residents said.</p><p>A $47 million project to widen the Buena Vista Road Bridge along Interstate 185 has been underway since 2020. Six years later, the project is 82 percent complete according to the DOT website.</p><p>“Initially they told us it was going to be a four-year venture and we’re on six years now,” said David Warick, manager at Alpine Pawn &amp; Sporting Goods. “They told us summer of 2024 and then the summer of 2026 and we’re almost to the summer of 2026 and business is still cooking along as fast as it can considering that most of the road is messed up.”</p><h2>Construction forces business relocation</h2><p>According to the Department of Transportation website, the project was expected to be completed in December 2025. Weather has caused delays.</p><p>Alpine Pawn &amp; Sporting Goods relocated due to construction.</p><p>“It affected business because I still get customers that come in here now times like I didn’t even know you were here and so we went from a landmark location that was on the corner everybody knew where we were,” Warick said.</p><h2>New bridge targets ‘spider web’ intersection</h2><p>A new bridge is also currently being constructed to eliminate traffic congestion at a complex intersection known as the spider web, where Buena Vista Road, multiple surrounding streets and railroad tracks meet.</p><p>The rerouting of traffic has impacted Morris Road Hotdogs and BBQ. The owner said he understands the need for construction but wants to remind customers he is still open.</p><p>“That sign a lot of times the customers have been telling me that when they get to that sign they turn around because it’s in the middle of the road,” the owner said.</p></div></body>

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COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) -Three separate road projects are underway simultaneously on Buena Vista Road, creating what residents and business owners describe as a prolonged disruption that has forced some businesses to relocate or close. “It’s a perpetual construction site for nearly a mile and a half and it’s just crazy,”...

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Multiple road projects, including one underway since 2020, force relocations and closures

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