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Barn swallows nesting under Billings Bridge, at Bank Street and Riverside Drive, will force work on a proposed pedestrian/cycling underpass at the high-traffic intersection to be postponed.
Construction on the $2-million project is now expected to start in September, when the birds, protected under the Species at Risk Act, retire to Central and South America for the winter. Under Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources regulations, barn swallow nests in the province can’t be moved between May 1 and Aug. 31.
However, according to Capital councillor David Chernushenko, tree removal operations for the project will proceed as planned in the summer.
Barn swallows nesting under Billings Bridge, at Bank Street and Riverside Drive, will force work on a proposed pedestrian/cycling underpass at the high-traffic intersection to be postponed.
The existing pathway at road level at the intersection will remain, even after construction is completed, to allow cyclists and pedestrians to cross when spring flooding closes the underpass.
The underpass will improve the safety for pedestrians and cyclists crossing Bank Street at Riverside. This is the same intersection where cyclist Meg Dussault was killed in 2013 when she was struck by a cement truck.
This is not the first time swallows have caused construction delays. Widening of Jockvale Road in 2013 was delayed when swallows’ nests were discovered under an overpass there.
Barn swallows nesting under Billings Bridge, at Bank Street and Riverside Drive, will force work on a proposed pedestrian/cycling underpass at the high-traffic intersection to be postponed.
bdeachman@postmedia.com
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Construction on the $2-million project is now expected to start in September, when the birds, protected under the Species at Risk Act, retire to Central and South America for the winter. Under Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources regulations, barn swallow nests in the province can’t be moved between May 1 and Aug. 31.
However, according to Capital councillor David Chernushenko, tree removal operations for the project will proceed as planned in the summer.
Barn swallows nesting under Billings Bridge, at Bank Street and Riverside Drive, will force work on a proposed pedestrian/cycling underpass at the high-traffic intersection to be postponed.
The existing pathway at road level at the intersection will remain, even after construction is completed, to allow cyclists and pedestrians to cross when spring flooding closes the underpass.
The underpass will improve the safety for pedestrians and cyclists crossing Bank Street at Riverside. This is the same intersection where cyclist Meg Dussault was killed in 2013 when she was struck by a cement truck.
This is not the first time swallows have caused construction delays. Widening of Jockvale Road in 2013 was delayed when swallows’ nests were discovered under an overpass there.
Barn swallows nesting under Billings Bridge, at Bank Street and Riverside Drive, will force work on a proposed pedestrian/cycling underpass at the high-traffic intersection to be postponed.
bdeachman@postmedia.com
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