Here are today\u0027s Ottawa Sun letters to the editor.
There has been lots of talk, all valid, about the need for transparency, accountability and co-operation in solving the problems plaguing Ottawa’s $2.1-billion first phase of LRT. It is a big problem that will take years to resolve. Priorities have to be set and fixes need to be addressed immediately.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Ottawa SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
Instead of talking process, council needs to set priorities, establish the “real” cost of these fixes and fund them. Above all, LRT must be reliable if this new council hopes to restore public confidence in LRT.Coun. Allan Hubley says he wants to read the entire LRT report prior to commenting.
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