Lane closures — 24/7 for the next five to six years — starts Monday on the downtown section of Nimitz Highway for work on the rail, which will affect a large number of motorists, pedestrians, businesses and patrons from downtown to Iwilei and beyond.

“I don’t think we can handle that,” said JJ Luangkhot, owner of Tiny Pyramid, a bakery/restaurant in the the Na Lama Kukui Lifestyle & Design Center, just outside the work zone on Nimitz near City Mill.

“If it’s a lot of trouble to get in, I don’t think we can get any customers. It’s already hard for people to find us (which is set in from the highway).”

Luangkhot was shocked at the news, saying he was neither notified by the city nor by his landlord, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, adding his business has another three years on its 10-year

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