Already a year late and tens of millions over budget, the Leslie Barns streetcar house project will drag into July after the TTC's contractor improperly laid 60 metres of track on Leslie St.

TTC CEO Andy Byford said the concrete foundation under the road that supports the tracks was improperly installed.

While other fixes were considered, the only reliable solution, he said, is to tear up the tracks and re-do the supporting concrete tubs.

"Our surveyors have identified they have laid that foundation material about 80 milimetres (about 4 inches) too high," Byford said Wednesday.

"That will lead to a delay of potentially five weeks in order for them to break up that surface and then relay it," he said.

Byford said he didn't know the cost of the mistake, but it is not the TTC's fault and it will be borne by the constractor, Pomerleau construction.

It will be noisy, dusty work that will be disriptive to area residents, he said.

The project was originally expected to be completed last fall. The most recent deadline was June. Now, it will be mid-July before the streetcar tracks are finished, Byford said.

At the same time, Eastern Ave. is down to one lane eastbound at Woodfield Rd., said local Councillor Paula Fletcher (open Paula Fletcher's policard), who said road closures are forcing traffic up residential streets, affecting the entire area.

"It is a full-fledged mess," she said.

"Construction management is a difficult thing at the TTC. This is not the way to run a railroad," she said.

Businesses in the east end, including the plaza south of Lake Shore Blvd. E. anchored by a Canadian Tire store, have been hit hard since Leslie was torn up in 2013 to lay the tracks, which lead to the new giant streetcar house for the TTC's fresh fleet of Bombardier vehicles.

The cost of the project ballooned from about $14 million to $105 million when crews discovered the need for new sewers and water valves under the street.

Residents, who had been looking forward to a quieter summer than last year, are frustrated too, said Janet MacDonald, who lives in a 93-unit townhouse development near Queen and Leslie.

"One of the frightening things is, when they're doing the heavy work with the concrete breaking — even our houses (those farthest from Leslie St.) — we're getting severe vibrations up on the third floor of the house, so hard you can feel it if you're lying in bed or sitting on a chair. Things were falling off shelves," she said.

TTC officials told MacDonald they didn't know why she was feeling the vibrations so far from the construction, she said.

"It would be really nice if Mr. Byford sent a letter to everyone thanking them for their patience, because this was dragging on so long. Just the detours alone — I'm going to add up at some point how much extra driving it was. We're getting no compensation at all," she said.

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MacDonald, who is recovering from knee surgery, said she delayed the procedure, expecting she would have street parking near her condo while her mobility was impaired.

Eventually, after many construction deadlines passed, she went ahead and now is recovering at her daughter's home nearby, where she can be transported by car close to the house.