More damage, one more immobilized train, council's transit chair calls latest LRT woes 'frustrating'
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The situation has frustrated Stittsville Coun. Glen Glower, the city’s new transit commission chair, who said Saturday it would take time to regain the public’s trust in the system.Article content LRT issues continued Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, with multiple trains stuck on the tracks between Lees station and Tremblay station. Crews were working on lines in Lees station Sunday.Sunday morning, crews were to do a follow-up sweep of the inspected section of the system before attempting to recover the immobilized trains.
“It is frustrating. After going through what we have over the past three years with the LRT, it really seemed like we had turned a corner and that the worst was behind us,” Gower said in an interview Saturday.Article contentPhoto by Ashley Fraser“It is a setback in terms of everyone’s confidence and everyone’s trust in the system. We are going to have to work harder to make sure it is reliable.”
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