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The city has heard from Stage 2 contractors that they’re monitoring the effects of the pandemic on construction.

Construction of the Trillium Line expansion has a contracted ending of August 2022, with the north-south railway still scheduled to be closed for about two years starting on Sunday.

The eastern leg of the Confederation Line is scheduled to be done in November 2024 and construction of the western leg is scheduled to be done in May 2025.

The most recent information from city hall is that force majeure clauses haven’t been activated by contractors.

“We’ve talked to our lawyers in terms of whether someone can request or claim a force majeure but we have not been formally advised by any of our contractors that that, in fact, is what they’re planning to notify us of,” city manager Steve Kanellakos said during a press conference last Wednesday.

However, Kanellakos said the Stage 2 contractors are concerned about their timelines, especially because supply chains have been impacted by the pandemic.

With the Stage 2 construction scheduled to last several years, particularly on the LRT portion, the contractors believed they can make up any lost time along the way, Kanellakos said.

“We don’t have anything from them, formal, saying that they want us to adjust the timelines or declaring anything under the contract looking for relief, but they have signalled to us that it’s a watch item for them,” Kanellakos said.

“Like all these things, it depends how long this goes on and how the economy starts opening up,” Kanellakos said.