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Herb Gray Parkway Girders faulty, says MTO but Spanish Builder Insists Up To Code

July 24, 2013

An official with the Spanish consortium building the $1.4 billion Herb Gray Parkway said Tuesday that more than 300 girders installed along the border highway are safe, even though Ontario’s Transportation Ministry says they don’t meet code, according to an article in the Windsor Star “Our engineers have looked at it,” said Michael Hatchell, a project director for Parkway Infrastructure Constructors. “We are confident the girders are safe and not an issue. “Safety is our top priority. We have an agreement to own and maintain these girders for the next 30 years. We have to be living with this — so it’s almost a 30-year warranty. We are standing behind our girders and the structure we are building.” Hatchell said he believes the girders will remain in place despite concerns raised by the ministry. Parts of the 11-kilometre highway project have been shut down after the ministry announced concrete girders installed at two unopened structures — Tunnel 2, known as the Labelle Tunnel and Tunnel 7, known as the Villa Borghese Tunnel — were determined to be faulty. (FULL STORY) By Dave Battagello, Windsor Star

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