Confederation LRT

• Inquiry begins hearing testimony on Ottawa’s off the rails transit system

  A provincially imposed public inquiry begins Monday to hear testimony from staff and the consortium that built the line on how Ottawa's transit project went so far off the rails.

  Canada

  Jun 13, 2022
  
• No new deadline for Ottawa’s LRT; consortium preparing for practice test of full fleet

  The Rideau Transit Group has missed three deadlines to complete the Confederation Line but said it intends to hand over the LRT system before the end of June.

  Canada

  Apr 2, 2019
  
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• 3 Transitway stations closing on Mar. 31 for bus-to-LRT test at Tunney’s Pasture

  Dominion, Westboro and Tunney's Pasture stations will be closed to riders from 5 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Mar. 31. and connecting buses will be detoured, according to OC Transpo.

  Canada

  Mar 21, 2019
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• OC Transpo insists 2019 transit budget built to handle uncertainty over LRT handover

  Given doubt that the LRT will be ready by March 31, some councillors questioned whether a freeze on transit fares should be extended beyond July 1 at Wednesday's transit commission meeting.

  Politics

  Feb 20, 2019
• No new deadline for Ottawa’s LRT in latest update from city

  After two missed deadlines, the city still expects the Confederation line to be completed "sometime" in the first three months of 2019. The consortium building the train was supposed to hand over the keys to the system on Nov. 2.

  Canada

  Nov 14, 2018
• Launch of Ottawa’s LRT delayed until 2019

  The city's finance committee heard Monday that the consortium building Ottawa's Confederation LRT line told the city they could not meet all their contractual obligations by their Nov. 2 deadline, despite a six-month extension granted to them earlier this year.

  Canada

  Sep 10, 2018
• OC Transpo to hand out 345 pink slips by Aug. 3

  The number of layoffs is about 200-250 less than initially projected.

  Canada

  Jul 25, 2018