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Ottawa insists LRT is safe despite safety board saying wheel hub issues not fixed

officials say the city’s beleagured light-rail system is safe following concerns raised earlier this month by the Transportation Safety Board.

The safety board said Feb. 3 that the problems that caused a train derailment in 2021 and an axle wheel hub failure last summer haven’t been resolved and still pose a risk to safety.services manager Renée Amilcar says in a memo sent this week that OC Transpo and the Rideau Transit Group has met with the board since then to confirm that the LRT is safe to use.

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