Businesses on Ness Avenue say construction is eating away at their profits.

Crews have been doing sewer work on Ness near Route 90 since September.

The owner of Agostino's Pizzeria said his lunch business is down 50 per cent.

Gus Mauro said a lot of his customers don't have enough time on their lunch breaks to drive through the construction so they are going elsewhere.

The City of Winnipeg said the work is scheduled to be done by May 9.