Robert Prichard, the chairman of Metrolinx, has told CP24 that he is concerned about the delivery schedule of a “test car” for the Eglinton Crosstown LRT. Prichard says Metrolinx should have had possession of the car from Bombardier by now so that it was available to test on the under-construction rail line being dug along Toronto’s longest street. The Metrolinx chairman told Stephen LeDrew that the LRT cars are based on the same frame as the undelivered Toronto streetcars ordered by the TTC. The $770 million LRT order must arrive and be tested by the 2020 opening.
ONTARIO, OTTAWA MUST GET ANSWERS
It is a deeply disturbing revelation. The City is suffering a convulsion caused by LRT construction while the supplier of the vehicle required to run it seems to be lost in space. No explanation worthy of the name has been given for the delay. Does anyone really know what has gone wrong? Is there personal dereliction at work here? Are the employees incompetent? It does not seem too much to ask that both the Ontario and Federal Governments obtain some explanation and provide it to the public.
