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“They are so getting off the hook here again.”
Manconi mounted a swift defence and took offence to McKenney’s criticism.
“I squeezed that out of them,” Manconi said of the $100,000, adding that RTG didn’t have to provide any discounts for reducing the number of trains. OC Transpo boss John Manconi during a transit meeting at city hall In Ottawa on Wednesday. Photo by Tony Caldwell /Postmedia
RTG, through its upkeep arm Rideau Transit Maintenance, makes trains available for Transpo’s scheduled service.
Transpo has required 15 double-car trains for morning peak-hour service. It wasn’t until early in August 2020 that RTG was able to meet the 15-train requirement after the $2.1-billion Confederation Line launched in September 2019.
The pandemic derailed the LRT as the primary headache for Ottawa in 2020 When the city virtually shut down to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, all attention was diverted away from the tottering rail system.
Author of the article: Jon Willing
Publishing date: Dec 29, 2020 • December 29, 2020 • 4 minute read • When the city virtually shut down to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, all attention was diverted away from the tottering rail system just days after the City of Ottawa sent a notice of contract default to the Rideau Transit Group (RTG). Photo by Jean Levac /POSTMEDIA NEWS
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LRT, not COVID-19, was the main driver of headaches in Ottawa before the pandemic hit the capital last March.
OTTAWA The head of the city s transit commission is confident 2021 will be a better year for the LRT. Top brass at OC Transpo say work to rectify several issues that plagued the Confederation Line LRT after its 2019 launch is proceeding and some items are now complete. In a presentation to the city s transit commission on Wednesday morning, Director of Transit Operations Troy Charter provided an update on the seven key issues the Rideau Transit Group has been working to rectify. Charter said all of the new switch heaters were installed on the weekend of Dec. 6 and they are ready for the winter.