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# Building frustration
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/building-frustration-20080925/
- Published: 2008-09-25T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T21:05:40.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Business, Downtown, #archive-import

An ongoing streetscape improvement project in Downtown has led to increased traffic and some business owners have complained that it has hurt their bottom lines. This, coupled with the renovation of Santa Monica Place, has made the area a hard place to navigate lately.

So this week’s Q-Line question asks: Have Downtown construction projects impacted your life and how?

Call (310) 285-8106 before Friday at 5 p.m. and we’ll print your answers in the weekend edition of the Daily Press. Please limit responses to a minute or less.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 25, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/092508.pdf?ref=smdp.com)