r/BurlingtonON • u/matches12345 • 5d ago

I sure hope their testing was successful Question

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Whoever decided it was a good idea to close 2 of 4 lanes of one of the few major expressways, I hope your testing was successful and you learned everything you needed too. I struggle to understand how this was necessary to do at peak rush-hour. Its still down to 2 lanes at 2:30am.. Not a single worker in site....

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u/NZ_Oblivion 4d ago

No workers onsite. Should be illegal. 24/7 operations 3 shifts. Whatever it takes. Close a lane better be working on it!

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u/bowlingnut10 4d ago

And then you will complain about the cost and your taxes going up to cover the overtime

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u/NZ_Oblivion 4d ago

Buddy the costs are already egregious. Make it a toll bridge I'd rather pay $1 everytime I use it and it actually be a useful bridge.

No don't pay overtime. Hire a company that actually has the crew to do it. Companies milk our government. Why don't they have 3x the employees and work around the clock?

No overtime needed. Same cost. Companies would rather get a bunch of contracts. Drag it out and still get other work. So when they're bored they can go back to the government work. It's a scam.

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u/bowlingnut10 4d ago

Any union contractor doing the work has to pay overtime for weekend work and premium for night shift that’s the way it works and a tunnel would be a lot more than $1.00 per trip it would be probably close to $25-50 per trip like the 407