City engineer Tiffany Prokop insists construction workers are doing the best they can to keep to their tight schedule but admits an archaeological dig at the site has impacted their time table.
"This is a complete unknown, I mean, we just don't know," says Prokop.
The roundabout at Riverside Dr. W and University Ave. W is expected to open September 1.
For the past couple weeks, Jim Molnar with Fisher Archeological Consulting has been working at the site uncovering artifacts unearthed by construction.
"We found pieces for making stone tools. So, these are Indigenous artifacts. They're several hundred up to a couple thousand years old. We've also found pieces of Indigenous pottery," says Molnar.
Some of the artifacts are more recent, however.
"The other things that we're finding are from the late 19th century and the early 20th century. They're from essentially from the time of the Town of Sandwich," he says.
He says the artifacts will be washed and archived.
Molnar says it is possible someone living in west Windsor could find artifacts in their backyard, but they would have to dig down at least a metre, and he does not advise it since archaeology is regulated by the province.
Molnar says so far; the work has gone smoothly. Construction workers have cooperated with the dig.
"The construction company and the City of Windsor have been great partners," he says. "They've been absolutely super about trying to find ways to accommodate what we can do so we don't hinder them."
Work on the new roundabout, which will feature a statue of Chief Tecumseh, started in June.
- With files by University of Windsor intern, Aria Carter.