A request by Rogers to postpone the completion date for its transport fibre project in Bruce Station, Ont., by 10 and a half months has been approved by the CRTC.
The project, which is receiving funding through the CRTC’s Broadband Fund, was previously granted a six-month extension by the commission in January. Rogers had said the additional time was needed to mitigate the discovery of asbestos at one of the project sites. As a condition of the funding, the project was originally supposed to be completed by February 2024.
In its second request to postpone the project’s completion date, Rogers said the asbestos-related issues had been rectified, but the cable company had encountered additional issues during the implementation phase of the project due to unforeseen infrastructure upgrade requirements and other factors, the details of which were submitted in confidence to the CRTC.
The commission now expects Rogers to complete the Bruce Station project before the end of the fall of 2024.
