WATCH LIVE: City officials give update on damaged Ottawa LRT system ottnews
City officials will hold an update on the damage to Ottawa's light rail system with part of the Confederation Line set to resume operating Tuesday afternoon.
A section of the LRT line's overhead catenary system was damaged between uOttawa and Lees station during Sunday's storm. Transit general manager Renee Amilcar said in a memo Tuesday afernoon that Rideau Transit Group has cleared the area of debris. Special equipment to re-string the overhead wires was delivered on Monday.Crews have arrived to begin restringing the overhead wires along the O-Train line.
There is no bottom wire along the eastbound track for 0.6 km from the stopped train to just east of Lees Station.
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