Downtown Bakersfield construction project squeezes businesses, sparks parking concerns

Letters: Downtown construction mayhem at historic levels

Watching a story about the numerous downtown restaurants closing due to construction is not surprising, considering the sheer volume of construction projects happening simultaneously. Having recently cycled downtown, I had to deal with detour after detour in all directions, thinking the magnitude of all the construction will clearly be the destruction of many businesses. A retired commercial real estate friend said he has never seen it so bad, a…

Downtown Bakersfield construction project squeezes businesses, sparks parking concerns

Several downtown Bakersfield businesses say a city construction project is driving away customers and creating major parking problems. Downtown Bakersfield businesses say construction hurts business, parkingMad Dog Tattoo, M.A. Griffin and Sons, The Mint Bar, and Burger Hut are among the businesses affected. Business owners say crews converted a parking lot next to Mad Dog Tattoo into a staging area to store equipment and materials. Workers are …