Sitting inside his 7-Eleven store, 321 Hazeltine Ave., franchisee Peter Weinreich expressed his extreme displeasure with the amount of money the road construction on Hazeltine Avenue and Baker Street is costing him. P-J photo by Christopher Blakeslee

Nothing can put a damper on one’s day like road construction. However, for one local business franchise owner, the work has hit his bottom line rather hard.

Peter Weinreich, franchise owner of the 7-Eleven convenience store at 321 Hazeltine Ave., is piping-hot over the losses his business has suffered in the last two months because of road construction in front of his store. The road construction began on June 27 and is expected to be completed by the end of August.