A popular pub has been left 'absolutely destroyed' as roadworks continue to disrupt a main road. The manager of the Stoneham pub in Hove said the business has been negatively impacted by the roadworks on Portland Road. Metal barriers have been put up right outside the establishment.
Most of the road is closed to traffic while UK Power Networks digs it up to install a new service connection. Brighton and Hove City Council approved the temporary closure from July 20 until September 2, though the businesses fear it could go on for longer. “These works have absolutely destroyed us," Connor James Masterson, general manager at the pub, said.
'Our regulars don’t even know if we are open as there are works right outside' (Image: Connor Masterson) "This week we are down £4,000 from this same time last year, we even had a day last week where we had no beer because the delivery couldn’t stop to give us our stock. “It’s all because of these works, our regulars don’t even know if we are open as there are works right outside.” In July, a charity told The Argus that it had lost up to 90 per cent of its sales due to the works.
And several businesses in the street have claimed that they were never warned about the scheme. Brighton and Hove City Council approved the temporary closure from July 20 until September 2 (Image: Ramy Abou-Setta / The Argus) Connor added: “Even though UK Power Networks claims it has sent out letters, we did not receive one as many of other businesses .