 A large construction project in the town of Emily was recently completed on its main intersection of Highway 6 in County Road 1. The town celebrated by hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony in August, but not everybody's happy about the project's outcome. Some local small business owners are not happy with how the construction project was completed. Tracy Jones, owner of Emily Meats, which is located on the intersection that was renovated, says the Highway 6 project has severely hampered his business. We've been almost since 2010 here, and we've been through a lot running a business, but this Highway project really hampered business. We're sales down as much as 50 percent sometimes, and I'd like just to warn other business owners out there to be aware of dealing with the Minnesota DOT. It's been a fun experience. A neighboring business faces similar problems according to the owner who wished to remain off camera during the construction project. The ground in front of his business was dug up, but was never fixed, causing flooding problems that he says will cost him around $10,000 to repair before winter. The road looks good, but the site advantages are worse on County Road 1 and 6 than they've ever been before. We've had some near misses in our parking lot. I've noticed other parking they've had the same kinds of troubles with traffic. It's just the roads are on County Road 1. We don't have the turning lanes we used to have on County Road 1, and it's affected a lot. To learn more about the Emily Construction project or to watch the story that we produced earlier on the ribbon cutting for its completion, you can visit this story on our website at lptv.org. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.