It is more disappointment for residents in the Judson Street area in Mimico.

Residents in the Judson Street area were waiting for news that their neighbour ML Ready-Mix Concrete would be moving to a new home across town.

There was no party as Councillor Mark Grimes, in letters to residents, say the move by ML to a new home at 545 Commissioners St., by the end of the year had been cancelled by a few months.

“While we had hoped to see ML Ready Mix to their new home in the Port Lands by the end of the year, I’m told by City staff that this move is going to be delayed by a few months,” Grimes wrote.

He said planning for the move began back in November 2019, however this ‘unprecedented situation’ has had an impact on all facets of this project.

The letter said “ML’s new site in the Port Lands must be operational at 545 Commissioner St., before they vacate Judson Street.”

“ML will be leaving the community however at this time, I don’t have a confirmed date when this move will happen,” he said. “We anticipate the move will occur in the Spring of 2021.”

Mimico residents who fought a vocal battle with the city for years to move ML Ready-Mix Concrete out of their neighbourhood and to another part of town.

Grimes said COVID-19 brought the city to a ‘screeching halt’ as officials shifted their focus on the pandemic and keeping ‘our communities safe.’

Members of the Judson Street Residents Association have been lobbying against the City and ML citing the company has dozens of trucks going back and forth from the Horner Ave., and Royal York Rd. concrete yard, which creates noise, dust and pollution in the air.

Dan Irwin, who lives across from the concrete plant, said the community has been waiting for more than two years for the concrete plant to leave the area.

“We shouldn’t have to live like this,’ he warned. “They are taking away our quality of life.’