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The city expects it will get the keys to the Confederation Line LRT in May 2018 as planned, but it doesn’t know yet when people can start boarding the trains.
It might not be until the end of 2017 that the city knows when the first passengers will ride the $2.1-billion crosstown rail system.
Coun. Diane Deans recently asked city staff to provide an update on the LRT project’s schedule since council hadn’t received any detailed information.
In an eight-page memo sent to council Thursday, O-Train construction director Steve Cripps says May 24, 2018 is the date that the Rideau Transit Group is contractually obligated to hand over the constructed LRT system to the city.
RTG has told the city that it will deliver the LRT system on time, Cripps says, and he vows to tell council if the schedule changes. There are financial penalties if RTG doesn’t finish construction on time, such as the deferral of a $202-million payment and a reduction in the 30-year maintenance contract.
Cripps says before the city can put the LRT into service, there needs to be testing of all operations and safety protocols.
“Passenger service will only begin when all systems testing and commissioning protocols have been completed to the city’s satisfaction, industry requirements and safety regimes,” Cripps writes.
Unfortunately, there will still be construction on the surface of downtown streets beyond the June 1, 2017 “readiness date,” Cripps says. Queen Street will still be under construction through the summer and RTG will stop work on Rideau Street during Canada Day.
Ottawa 2017 is still on track to create a light show in the new underground Lyon station. Kontinuum, as the bureau calls the exhibit, is scheduled to begin at the end of June.
According to the city, nine LRT vehicles have been assembled and are in testing. All the structural work at Blair, Cyrville and St. Laurent stations is finished.
There has been 11 kilometres of track installed on the 12.5-kilometre length of the LRT line, plus another 6.5 kilometres of track at the Belfast yard. There has been nearly seven kilometres installed of the overhead wire system, which powers the vehicles.
The city has either spent or committed just over $89 million of the $100-million contingency fund for the project. The remaining $11 million will be used for any “unforeseen costs,” the city says.
In April, emergency services started a series of exercises in the tunnel to get familiar with the access points.
In his memo, Cripps touches on the issue of worker safety at the LRT construction sites, saying there have been about 150 “recent” orders from the Ontario Ministry of Labour that have been addressed by RTG. They include orders related to housekeeping, washrooms and lighting.
There have been hundreds of labour orders over the course of the LRT project.
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It might not be until the end of 2017 that the city knows when the first passengers will ride the $2.1-billion crosstown rail system.
Coun. Diane Deans recently asked city staff to provide an update on the LRT project’s schedule since council hadn’t received any detailed information.
In an eight-page memo sent to council Thursday, O-Train construction director Steve Cripps says May 24, 2018 is the date that the Rideau Transit Group is contractually obligated to hand over the constructed LRT system to the city.
RTG has told the city that it will deliver the LRT system on time, Cripps says, and he vows to tell council if the schedule changes. There are financial penalties if RTG doesn’t finish construction on time, such as the deferral of a $202-million payment and a reduction in the 30-year maintenance contract.
Cripps says before the city can put the LRT into service, there needs to be testing of all operations and safety protocols.
“Passenger service will only begin when all systems testing and commissioning protocols have been completed to the city’s satisfaction, industry requirements and safety regimes,” Cripps writes.
Unfortunately, there will still be construction on the surface of downtown streets beyond the June 1, 2017 “readiness date,” Cripps says. Queen Street will still be under construction through the summer and RTG will stop work on Rideau Street during Canada Day.
Ottawa 2017 is still on track to create a light show in the new underground Lyon station. Kontinuum, as the bureau calls the exhibit, is scheduled to begin at the end of June.
According to the city, nine LRT vehicles have been assembled and are in testing. All the structural work at Blair, Cyrville and St. Laurent stations is finished.
There has been 11 kilometres of track installed on the 12.5-kilometre length of the LRT line, plus another 6.5 kilometres of track at the Belfast yard. There has been nearly seven kilometres installed of the overhead wire system, which powers the vehicles.
The city has either spent or committed just over $89 million of the $100-million contingency fund for the project. The remaining $11 million will be used for any “unforeseen costs,” the city says.
In April, emergency services started a series of exercises in the tunnel to get familiar with the access points.
In his memo, Cripps touches on the issue of worker safety at the LRT construction sites, saying there have been about 150 “recent” orders from the Ontario Ministry of Labour that have been addressed by RTG. They include orders related to housekeeping, washrooms and lighting.
There have been hundreds of labour orders over the course of the LRT project.
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