Trees Avenue Residents and Business Owner Sound Off About Subway

Metropolis, BR. January 26th 2015.

Trees Aveue Subway Construction At Waves-Meadow Loop. 

Months after the first tunnel shaft was dug under Waves-Meadow Loop, residents and business owners are sounding off about the proposed cut and cover construction of the Trees Avenue Subway. Plans to add a station at Trees & Interfair are making business owners nervous.

"Barriers, walls, gates, and anything you can name," said the owner of DeLavia's Pizza. They see it in New York City they claim. "2nd Avenue Subway, a mess! They want to do the same thing here."

Proposals of a Trees Avenue Subway was planned since 1982 but was never carried out due to budget constrains. Under the current plan, the 22 & 26 are planned to be sent into a tunnel under Waves-Meadow Loop and sidewander into Trees Avenue where trains will stop at The Interfair then continues into a new set a platforms adjecent to the Bridgerissa Commuter/Amtrak tracks at Metropolis Central Station. The proposal includes opening the street, digging the tunnel while the street is on wooden planks, the covering it up when the hole is dug and lined. It already causing protesst from the businesses.

The city council of Metropolis granted these business will get some sort of reperation for allowing the constuction in front of their store but for some stores it's not going to change the fact they will be losing business.

"We can't be sitting on our thumbs doing nothing," Frank Eglestien, GM of the 38c Clothing Store in front of The Interfair. "Fashion Week is set to begin in March and that's our cash cow. There is no way the money the city is paying us will cover any loses from Fashion Week."

Fashion Week is the biggest fashion convention held at The Interfair.