It's a do-over for a portion of the Ouellette Ave. streetscraping project in downtown Windsor.
During a check of the concrete that was poured for the crosswalk and bus bay, south of Wyandotte St., it was determined the concrete was 'substandard.'
As a result, the concrete is being removed and has to be repoured.
City Engineer Mark Winterton says this is why the Quality Assurance Program is so important because it checks issues before it's too late.
"Most of the concrete that we check comes through with no problem but this is exactly the reason we do check it," he says. "Once in a while something will happen in the batching or the concrete doesn't meet the strength and criteria that we require."
He says this will not affect the $6.5-$6.7-million budget and he is still waiting to get a revised schedule to see if it will affect the timelines.
"This won't cost the taxpayers anything," says Winterton. "Nobody including the supplier or contractor or the city likes to see this, certainly the merchants don't like this, this is not in any way a good thing but the fact that we caught it during construction certainly minimizes the longterm damage."
If the project had been completed with the substandard concrete, Winterton says it may have resulted in premature potholes, heaving or cracking.
The project on Ouellette from Elliott to Wyandotte is pedestrian focused and reduces the number of lanes from four to two, adds a raised median island, new sidewalks, landscaping and on-street parking.
The project was originally scheduled to be completed in October.