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ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
(07-03-2015, 09:42 PM)Canard Wrote: 1) They are sending out almost weekly, very detailed updates of exactly what's going on, where (maybe you aren't subscribed to this?)
2) There has been no official word about the production of FLEXITY Freedom, and all the "doom and gloom" about delays is speculation based on the FLEXITY Outlook order for Toronto, nothing official.  The region has consistently maintained that everything is on schedule.

Check out the document that mpd618 helpfully posted the link to.    The amount of redaction would put make Homeland Security proud.   I am highly skeptical about the escalation factor, particularly the labour portion.

Also, here's an example of GrandLinq's professionalism:
http://imgur.com/KWBF8Za

Not to mention the helpful habit of putting up road closure signs that aren't actually accurate:
http://www.waterloochronicle.ca/news/fru...ion-signs/

With regards to Bombardier, the TTC brass met with them and basically got told GTFO, take your measly $50M penalty on the $1.2 billion contract.   And it's not only a TTC issue:
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/transpor...order.html

Bombardier is actively looking to sell (at least part of, maybe all of) its rail division to finance its aviation division.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on...e22457908/
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on...e25075865/
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RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit - by numberguy - 07-04-2015, 09:08 AM
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