Place du Canada park opening delayed

MONTREAL- Work to finish the Place du Canada park will likely miss its deadline of the end of the month.

In an email to Global News, a Montreal city spokesperson writes that renovations on the park are 95 percent finished but the final touches and the opening may not happen until November 15th.

Get breaking National news

For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.

Sign up for breaking National newsletter Sign Up

By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy.

The original completion date was October 31st.

The contract for the work done will be more than 700 hundred thousand dollars over budget.

That will bring the total tax payers bill to ten million dollars.

However Peel street between De La Gauchitière and René-Lévesque boulevard should be fully open by Wednesday morning.