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London cyclists are going to have to wait at least another summer for a frustrating gap in London’s trail network to be filled in.

In July, city officials announced the construction on a 900-metre trail between Ross Park beside Richmond Street and the North London Athletic Sports Fields along Adelaide Street.

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The connection would include the construction of two bridges over the Thames River at an estimated cost of $5.9 million. The project received $3.3 million from the Ontario Municipal Commuter Cycling program.

Andrew Macpherson, the city’s manager of environmental and parks planning, then said construction would begin in January 2018 because the habitat in less sensitive in the middle of winter.

But the city missed that deadline. Macpherson said the work is progressing to finalize designs and easement.

He said tenders will soon be issued so the work can start in the fall and be completed next year.

“It is a complicated project and extra care is going into the design to ensure all of the key issues are addressed,” said Macpherson in a statement to The Free Press.