Many businesses, customers not digging ongoing roadwork in downtown Paris

While multi-year “once-in-a-generation” construction work continues in Paris, some downtown business owners say it’s dismantling their sales.The project, dubbed the Downtown Dig, which Brant County says happens every 75 to 100 years, involves replacement of old underground infrastructure, including watermains, sewer lines, and stormwater and utilities buried beneath the road surface.The work began in 2024 and will go on at least another three years. On a recent mid-week mornin