Ottawa's head of transit services vows the city's LRT system is safe after the federal transportation watchdog warned of ongoing safety risks.
"I want to be perfectly clear: the safety of our customers and my team is the number one priority," Renee Amilcar told the first-ever meeting of Ottawa's LRT subcommittee on Thursday.
The TSB said the parts will "continue to pose a risk to safety" until OC Transpo and Rideau Transit Maintenance resolve the issues "to protect the travelling public." "I personally took the train yesterday from my house to the office," she added. "If I thought it was not safe, I would not have used it."
However, the TSB said this month "no concrete steps have been taken to resolve the safety deficiency identified" in that Rail Safety Advisory. He also said in the case of the August 2021 derailment, the heat detection system would have been too late to prevent the derailment.
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