Province patients run out following numerous delays.
Amidst claims on the social network Twitter that the site is so unsafe that inspections can no longer be carried out, Halifax, Nova Scotia city officials have fired the contractors responsible for the Queen Elizabeth II High School demolition.
Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal spokeswoman Cathy MacIsaac confirmed on Wednesday the contract with Amherst-based Demolition Resources Limited to take down the former school had been cancelled.
The original deadline for the completion of the demolition was December 2010. Several extensions had been given to the contractor, according to MacIsaac. But when it became clear DRL would not meet the new August 2011 deadline, the province pulled the plug.
“It’s become clear that we’re going to have to cancel the contract and move on to somebody else,” said MacIsaac.
MacIsaac said the department will take a couple of days to plan their next move. She could not say if the project will go back out to tender.
Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Bill Estabrooks was not available for comment on Wednesday morning. But the issue has come up before. On June 9, Estabrooks said his staff had been in contact with DRL about the delays.
“It’s a big job, it’s a job that has to be done carefully for all kinds of reasons, environmental and other reasons,” Estabrooks said then. “There have been some delays, there’s no doubt about it. But come the end of July the job should be completed at no extra cost to taxpayers.”
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