Today's letters: Don't gloss over the flaws in Ottawa's LRT design

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Today's letters: Don't gloss over the flaws in Ottawa's LRT design
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Tuesday, Feb. 21: Transit officials aren\u0027t taking the Transportation Safety Board\u0027s recent findings seriously enough, says one reader.

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The fundamental problem here is that, as in mathematics and physics, there are no “alternative facts” or multiple truths when it comes to engineering. There is a design flaw or there is not! Furthermore, the TSB is a completely independent body of transportation experts and — this reinforces the relevance and importance of their report — has no stake or bias with the LRT’s numerous security failings.Article content

Given this, why is the LRT not being shut down and only reopened once LRT and city officials clearly report to the public how this critical concern has been resolved? I hope they are not waiting for a catastrophic incident to occur, with loss of life, before deciding to do so.NCC ‘hopeful’ about Rideau Skateway, weather specialist less soWinter salting of roads began seven decades ago in Ottawa.

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