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After more than two years, tensions have reached a breaking point between residents of Carruthers Avenue and construction crews at an 18-storey high rise at the corner of Carruthers and Scott Street.

The one-way Hintonburg avenue is already narrow and in recent years has seen its share of disruption from infill construction. But the constant stream of delivery trucks, and construction equipment at the worksite at 175 Carruthers, coupled with labourers who park their pickup trucks on the street have become too much for residents like Dave Hartell.

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“Each of these things on their own is totally manageable, but over time it becomes like water torture,” Hartell said. “You might say, ‘But it’s just a drip of water.’ Yes, but it’s been like this every day for the last two years.

“It was a good relationship initially, but over time it’s just been a long slide down.”

The high rise, the Hintonburg Connection, is being built by the Ottawa firm Morley Hoppner. For much of the past two years, Carruthers was closed off at Scott Street and made two-way, with local traffic being allowed to enter from Ladouceur Street. While that was inconvenient, the traffic problem got even worse when the street was opened up again to through traffic in December, Hartell said.