Residents upset over after-hours construction at Rose City Shopping Centre [Video]

Residents living in central Windsor are fed up with after-hours construction at a commercial development, calling on the contractor to stop working through the night.

“First it was the steel, the riveting noises and the bang, bang, bang, bang. Finally, at 11 p.m. I called police,” said Lisa Halley, who has lived on Norman Road for eight years. “They continued into 2 a.m. There is no courtesy. There is no consideration.”

Halley is referring to the redevelopment of the Rose City Shopping Centre. According to the developer, Westdell Development Corporation, once complete, the centre will have additional commercial space with refreshed parking surfaces.

“They decided to build this monster,” said John Barsotta, a resident of 25 years. “It’s very upsetting.”

The construction of a new structure is just feet away from his backyard fence, which he said is causing him and his neighbours grief.

“This whole block is just totally …