The rescue of a multi-million dollar boring machine trapped beneath a west Toronto street has been delayed again, with the city warning it might not be the last set-back before the project is wrapped.

City staff told residents last month that the project, which was supposed to have been completed this fall, is instead expected be finished by December. Some additional restoration of the street — Old Mill Drive near Bloor Street West — will not take place until the spring.

“Everyone in the neighbourhood is just feeling increasingly frustrated,” resident Tanya Boswick said. “It feels as though this project is just never going to end.” 

A notice sent to residents blames the complexity of the project, taking place underground in confined spaces with “variable conditions” for the delay. But staff warn in the notice that it might not be the last such delay.

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