ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

[ookpik]

It's not all doom-and-gloom.

Agreed.

My concern is the effect of delivery delays, be they due to labour or manufacturing quality issues, on the scheduled start date of our LRT.

Also based on the descriptions of some of the problems the TTC found with these cars, their early positive reliability experience could deteriorate over time.

“Thunder Bay was finding when they went to attach the under-frame to the sidewalls they weren’t square. You either accept that or try riveting it to create that square alignment. We rejected that. We don’t want it riveted. We want it built properly, because rivets pop.” Will GrandLinq be as demanding?

I want the LRT to be successful as much as anyone. I also want to ensure that we get what we're paying for on time and at the quality we contracted.