City blaming contractor for Jockvale Bridge delay

Posted Jun 19, 2013 09:14:14 AM.

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OTTAWA – The City of Ottawa is blaming the contractor for the bird-related delays to the Jockvale Road Bridge project in Barrhaven.

The City said the contractor tearing down the old bridge didn’t remove Barn Swallow nests before a provincial deadline.

The nests weren’t discovered until weeks after the deadline, and can’t be moved now because of breeding season, so demolition has been delayed until September.

Residents and the area councillor are frustrated with the delay. Jan Harder has called the decision “stupid.”

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