The owner of a company located near the Turcot Interchange does not think his business will survive the duration of the construction.

Years into the work taking place for the Turcot Interchange, Frank Berdah has now laid off all the full-time employees at his upholstery business.

"I got rid of mainly all the employees and now we're down to one part time and one that comes to help so I have to do everything myself," said Berdah.

Berdah said the business was doing well for decades until the summer of 2015, when Transport Quebec built a tall wooden wall as a noise barrier on St. Jacques St. in front of his company.

"This is a business that my dad had for 40 years. He died of cancer and I wanted to keep it going and it went it down the drain after two years," said Berdah.

The only way to access his company is to talk down a narrow sidewalk, something that is difficult to do with chairs, sofas, and other items that need to be upholstered.

"We used to have cars passing by, we used have a window where everyone can see inside but now no. The huge wall makes it very hard," said Berdah.

As a result he is asking the city of Montreal to give him a break on his $12,000 property tax bill.

"They should relieve me of my taxes because taxes go according to the value of the building. It's not worth that much right now," said Berdah.

He said that if he rented, he would have left the area long ago.

However Russell Copeman, the mayor of the Cote des Neiges-Notre Dame de Grace borough, said there is actually very little that can be done.

"We don't legally even have the power to forgive property tax or business tax, we don't have the abiltiy to do that. We've done everything we can to find a solution for Mr. Berdah but he's is just in the worst situation he can possibly be in and essentially a problem not of our doing," said Copeman.

The borough mayor said there was a possibility of changing parking regulations near Berdah's business, but he could not commit to anything.

But Berdah said without a tax break, he will likely have to close.

"Right now we're at a point of no return.