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RE: Ottawa LRT - Pheidippides - 08-27-2016
Walk the Line: The Citizen treks across the biggest infrastructure project in Ottawa’s history
Article, video, and photo tour:
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/walk-the-line-the-citizen-treks-across-the-biggest-infrastructure-project-in-ottawas-history?google_editors_picks=true
RE: Ottawa LRT - Pheidippides - 11-02-2016
I'm a little jealous that Ottawa will see testing on their system before ours:
LRT track testing to start in November
"O-Train Construction, the recently renamed city department overseeing the LRT project, has already sent out a memo to city councillors, schools and other agencies to warm them that trains will soon be using the tracks and that the overhead wires will soon be live. “We’re concerned people are wandering around on the tracks,”"
RE: Ottawa LRT - Canard - 11-10-2016
A tunnel has collapsed and 3 workers are trapped inside.
RE: Ottawa LRT - Markster - 11-10-2016
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/lrt-light-rail-tunnel-collapse-1.3846147
Quote:Paramedics say one of the trapped people suffered a hand injury, while the other two are not injured. All three are in a safe zone underground, according to emergency officials at the scene.
Rideau-Vanier Coun. Mathieu Fleury, who represents the area, told CBC News that a portion of the tunnel's roof made with a building material called shotcrete had collapsed.
RE: Ottawa LRT - jamincan - 11-10-2016
It wasn't a collapse per se. Some shotcrete fell down, apparently due to improperly secured rebar.
RE: Ottawa LRT - Canard - 11-11-2016
Yeah, media totally overblew this one (surprise surprise).
RE: Ottawa LRT - KevinL - 11-11-2016
To be fair, the authorities closing the roads above the incident certainly made it seem more severe. I'm sure it was all cautionary, but it's hard to read that as less concerning.
RE: Ottawa LRT - Markster - 11-11-2016
The shotcrete collapsed, so I think that counts.
Aside from not reporting on this at all, I don't see what else the media could do to lessen the severity of their words while still providing accurate reporting.
RE: Ottawa LRT - Canard - 11-11-2016
Ok, sorry
RE: Ottawa LRT - panamaniac - 11-11-2016
(11-11-2016, 11:06 AM)Markster Wrote: The shotcrete collapsed, so I think that counts.
Aside from not reporting on this at all, I don't see what else the media could do to lessen the severity of their words while still providing accurate reporting.
I'm not sure why the initial media report made it seem so serious, but I recall that it's only about three or four blocks from the huge sinkhole that opened up on Rideau St earlier this year. Maybe a bit of nervousness....
RE: Ottawa LRT - Canard - 11-12-2016
Work resumes on LRT tunnel project following Thursday incident
Quote:According to RTG’s technical director, Peter Lauch, three men were on a lift spraying concrete on a wall about 100 metres into the tunnel from the portal when a piece of reinforced steel, or rebar, buckled toward the lift.
RE: Ottawa LRT - Canard - 11-30-2016
Testing of the first Alstom CITADIS Spirit has begun.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Soon Ottawa<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ontrack2018?src=hash">#ontrack2018</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ottLRT?src=hash">#ottLRT</a> <a href="https://t.co/7zzJ93m2mU">pic.twitter.com/7zzJ93m2mU</a></p>— Freddy (@xFLINTSTONEx) <a href="https://twitter.com/xFLINTSTONEx/status/804049703121940480">November 30, 2016</a></blockquote>
RE: Ottawa LRT - bpoland - 11-30-2016
What a weird door layout.
RE: Ottawa LRT - KevinL - 12-01-2016
That's not the final colour scheme, right?
RE: Ottawa LRT - Canard - 12-02-2016
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">My parents were in Ottawa today and lucked out, and got to see the first <a href="https://twitter.com/Alstom">@Alstom</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CITADIS?src=hash">#CITADIS</a> Spirit LRV for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OttLRT?src=hash">#OttLRT</a> up close. <a href="https://t.co/RM2Wl0BGPm">pic.twitter.com/RM2Wl0BGPm</a></p>— iain (@Canardiain) <a href="https://twitter.com/Canardiain/status/804777977020055553">December 2, 2016</a></blockquote>