OOPS!

Thursday, September 16, 2010 03:59 AM

Prince George, B.C.- A huge pile of new concrete sits on the north side of Highway 97 at Sintich Road, evidence of a boo-boo.

Ministry of Transportation reps say the concrete used to be a median at Sintich Road that had been poured by the contractor working on the Cariboo Connector.

Seems the median was built to the wrong dimensions and did not meet Ministry of Transportation standards, so, the whole median had to be chopped up and removed, then re-formed and re-poured.

The Ministry says the responsibility for any added costs to the project because of this error, lies squarely on the shoulders of the contractor. The Ministry says the error was limited to just this one median.

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Posted on Thursday, September 16, 2010 03:59 AM in News by 250 News

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Comments

Posted by: Harbinger on September 16 2010 9:45 AM

Methinks that's why they put erasers on the ends of pencils.

Posted by: gus on September 16 2010 9:45 AM

Nice Rip Rap for those residential properties along the Nechako in danger of erosion.

Posted by: Retired on September 16 2010 10:05 AM

Was the City involved in this project? Just wondering.
Cheers

Posted by: bellaboop on September 16 2010 10:41 AM

I can't believe this is news...LOL

Posted by: Ben Meisner on September 16 2010 10:47 AM

Just as a matter of interest, this story has been read by four times as many people as any other story we posted today. It may not be news in someone’s world but to the greater majority it is what they want to read ,as they sit and wonder whether it was their money going to pay for the mistake.

Posted by: supertech on September 16 2010 9:48 PM

It will be our money because contractors to the province always have cost over runs and the Province always pays them.

Posted by: prov1 on September 16 2010 11:16 PM

Really couldnt care less who's fault it is just get this never ending project done...

Posted by: Eagleone on September 17 2010 12:42 AM

Gus you beat me to it. I was thinking the same thing as soon as I seen that pile of concrete.