Some local businesses operating near the busy intersection of East Broadway and Main Street in Vancouver say they might not last long enough to benefit from the eventual completion of the Mount Pleasant SkyTrain Station.

The station is one stop along the 5.7-kilometre, east-west Broadway subway extension that was originally scheduled to be complete by the end of 2025 but now won’t be done until fall 2027.

And recently announced traffic detours in the area, planned for early next year, have left some store owners and restaurants staring down several more months of disruptions.

“We’ve been here about 10 years and half of it has been brutal,” said Ron MacGillivray, owner of Fable Diner, located in the historic Lee Building at the corner of Main and East Broadway. “A lot of restaurants

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