ST. MARY'S STRIP

The St. Mary's Strip is now open to traffic, but the city says it still has a few bucket list items to complete by the end of September.

The intersection will be closed from 5 a.m. to 6 p.m. on July 22 as construction crews work to fill in the street. The intersection is the last area requiring work as part of the voter-approved 2017 bond project.

Ongoing construction on the St. Mary’s Strip for the past couple of years has put the final nail in the coffin for one local business that announced it would be closing its doors after seven years, according to the owner.

More than two years after the project's start, construction crews are laying asphalt on North St. Mary's Street. Business owners say they're eager to see the end result but have suffered since the project's start.

Progress is being made on the North St. Mary’s Strip construction, but for some, it’s too little too late.

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San Antonio has 54 construction projects currently working and city officials say 89% of them are considered on time. Still, many business owners near construction say the limited access to their establishment is driving revenue into the ground.

A one-two punch of COVID-19 and construction could be the fall of several small businesses. San Antonio is now providing financial aid in the form of the COVID-Construction Recovery Grant Program.

Weekly status update meetings are held for the St. Mary’s Strip and the first of the new year got heated.

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A city program meant to ease the effect of lengthy construction projects on nearby small businesses aren’t easing those businesses’ concerns, and their reactions range from underwhelmed to acidic.

Officials with San Antonio’s Public Works office addressed local stakeholders’ concerns about the ongoing construction project on North St. Mary's Street. Business owners say it's costing their bottom line.

The proposed program for the St. Mary's Strip would grant street parking in designated areas only to homeowners during certain hours.

Streets around the St. Mary’s Strip will be closed Friday night in an effort to address parking and other concerns for area residents.

The San Antonio Police Department kicked off a pilot program on Thursday, a parking study of the St. Mary’s Strip in the hopes of alleviating unwanted parking and trash on residential streets.

San Antonio District 1 City Councilman Mario Bravo provided more information about the road blockades along the North St. Mary’s Street strip that will go into effect starting Thursday through Sunday from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Sixteen of 19 bars and music venues along the St. Mary's Strip in the Tobin Hill community agreed to changes in business operations in order to cut down on parking and crime issues for residents.

San Antonio police said two men inside a car that crashed into a St. Mary’s Strip restaurant over the weekend were uncooperative with officers at the scene.

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