By Joanne Chianello, CBC News Ottawa, March 4, 2019
Reports obtained by CBC show more serious issues than the public's heard about
Ottawa's $2.1-billion light rail system, supposed to be finished by the end of this month, will not only miss its third completion deadline but is experiencing issues far more serious than city officials have led the public to believe, according to internal reports obtained by CBC. The reports from the city's rail operations show a litany of issues with the Confederation Line — the east-west system being built by the SNC Lavalin-led Rideau Transit Group — especially when it comes to the system's ability to handle Ottawa winters.https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/lrt-trains-unreliable-says-report-1.5038832