Toronto's public projects don't exactly have the best track record for on-time delivery, and yet another public project in the city is now well behind schedule.

The City embarked on what was supposed to be a seven-month construction project back in January with the start of revitalization efforts for Alexander The Great Parkette, a small public square at Logan and Danforth.

Construction of the project from the City and Greektown BIA now appears to be behind schedule as work presses on following a missed July 2024 completion target.

A post shared on Reddit shows the park is still mid-construction, with the missed completion window visible on a sign in the foreground, the user writing, "This city in a nutshell."

Greektown - Alexander the Great Parkette; Completion July 2024
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The revitalized Alexander The Great Parkette will feature improvements like a refurbished centrepiece fountain, an extended Greek-style colonnade and matching concrete paving pattern, new seating, raised steel planters in reoriented planting areas.

It will also offer new and upgraded lighting, a raised circular stage, and a relocated statue of the park's namesake.

Or, at least, that will be the case whenever it opens.

It's just the latest public project to fall behind schedule, joining much larger projects like the Eglinton Crosstown LRT and Finch West LRT in the growing collection of public-funded works to miss a projected completion window.

"Maybe it will be open in time for his 2381st birthday," writes one commenter.

Another writes, "I live in the neighbourhood and walk through this area all the time. I have never seen anyone working on it."

Even from the start of construction, the park's reconstruction faced blowback from locals after the City suddenly shuttered a bike lane to accommodate work crews, only to quickly reverse their decision following widespread complaints.

A City of Toronto spokesperson tells blogTO that the project is currently "scheduled to be completed by the end of August."

"The parkette is approximately 40 years old and it required upgrades to maintain a state of good repair. New design elements were also added that will enhance the ability of the community to use the space."

The spokesperson attributes delays to factors including "the rainy weather this season, with an all-time record amount of rain in July, has slowed the construction process."

"Additionally, in May, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) implemented new regulations for importing materials from the United States, which resulted in the first shipment of colonnades for the parkette being held at the border for over six weeks."

"This unforeseen circumstance was beyond our control and further contributed to the delay."