Some neighbours of an Ottawa highrise construction site say they’ve been left to chase the developer over a litany of issues — the latest being when their homes and vehicles were splattered with construction material earlier this month. 

They say developers and the city need to do more to mitigate the impact of construction on neighbourhoods where denser and taller buildings are being built.

The Azure Westboro highrise at 2070 Scott St. stands more than 20 storeys tall. Its construction has brought dusty excavation and chaotic traffic to quiet Winona Avenue, with last month’s speckled mess proving a “breaking point,” residents say.

“It kind of looked like mud on the cars, on windows of our house, on skylights and the explanation that we received was there was a sandblasting operation on the construction site,” said James Hayes, who lives three doors down from the site.

Hayes and his neighbour Ken MacInnes also saw more splatter after workers had squeegeed recently-poured concrete on an upper floor during a windy day.  

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