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HONOLULU (Island News) — Rong Zhang has seen business after business shut down since rail construction began on Dillingham Boulevard.

And he hasn’t even calculated his own losses at his used car dealership.

“I would say a little bit scared. You have to do whatever you can do,” Zhang said. “It’s out of my control.”

But he knows it’s significant.

“At least 20% because walk-in customers are very, very important for us.”

Walk-in customers, his main source of business, have all but dried up because of traffic restrictions due to construction.

“This is really, really stressful for people,” Zhang said. “Right now we have no walk-in customers. They cannot turn left.”

After …