Construction threatens life of local business

Updated: Friday, August 15 2014, 11:57 PM CDT Reported by: Ewa Roman

This Sunday is the start of restaurant week near the Palmyra area and some business owners hope it boosts business after a road closure threatens to shut down one restaurant.

The signs read "road closed," but there are many detour signs as well, that are easy to follow and will help get you around the Lebanon County area.

About a half-mile section of U.S. Route 422 just east of Palmyra in North Londonderry Township has been closed for about two weeks. The closure is right in front of the Hometown Family Restaurant. Co-owner Doug Horst says because of it, they've been forced to lay off almost half their staff and business is down up to 40-percent some days.

"You know HersheyPark is 10 minutes from here. I get a lot of tourists from there for the summer. But when you go on vacation, would you go through detours and places you don't know to go to a restaurant that you don't know?" Said Doug Horst, Co-owner, Hometown Family Restaurant.

The nearby Palmyra Bowling doesn't seem to be striking out.

"So far we really haven't noticed much impact on the business, we're still getting used to the detours and traffic patterns," said Chris Uecker General manager at Palmyra Bowling.

So are Linda and her family.

"I think where the stop sign is, behind the bowling ally, if they would put up maybe a four-way stop sign at the intersection, I really think it would help," said Linda Beniston, Lebanon County resident.

Work on the section of U.S. Route 422 is scheduled to be completed this fall.Construction threatens life of local business

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