Frustration mounts as new intersection near Devonshire Mall gets delayed again
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The opening of a new intersection at Sydney Avenue and Howard Avenue is delayed again.
The city has completed its work at the site, however, Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens says it still can’t open until CN Rail officially commissions its new rail infrastructure.
“We are told they will not be able to perform their commissioning work until early 2026,” Dilkens wrote.
“We appreciate that this creates some difficulty for those living in parts of south Windsor trying to access Devonshire Mall. Thank you for your patience and understanding.”
The project was originally slated for completion a year ago but encountered delays in the summer of 2024 due to a shortage of available contractors, Coun. Kieran McKenzie said at the time.
The work that had been set to start in June of 2024 did not begin until August of that year.
The project involves closing off a fork from Division Road that connects with Howard Avenue and constructing a new intersection with Division Road to connect Sydney with Howard.
The Windsor Police Service had ranked the previous intersection as one of the most dangerous in the city.
Some residents of the area told CBC they’re not happy with news of the delay.
“It's actually causing a significant … disruption for daily commutes, especially for shopping and stuff like that,” Pravin Jose said.
“Before it was only like six minutes, but now it's … taking more than like 15, 20 minutes and even sometimes more than 20, 25 minutes because of the road blocks and stuff like that.”
If Jose and his family want to access Devonshire Mall, they have to drive east all the way to the Howard intersection at Cabana Road East, he said.
Sometimes they just don’t go, he said.
“I heard they were going to open before Christmas but this news is … very sad to hear,” he said.
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