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Article: Beachfront businesses fret over road closures.(News)
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- The Mercury (South Africa)
- Article date:
- December 24, 2008
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BYLINE: NTOKOZO MFUSI
BUSINESS owners along Durban's beachfront say that their businesses are suffering because of road closures.
The owner of a Wimpy outlet, Adam McKeon, said that customers with vehicles were |prevented from driving along the beachfront and this had negatively affected business.
McKeon said his business probably lost 40% to 50% of |income because of roadblocks, and people who would come to the beachfront |were going to the Suncoast Casino where they could find parking.
He suggested that there should be specific times |when closures occured, "like ...