Hourigan isn’t any more charitable in describing the “egregious” behaviour of the Rideau Transit Group, the private consortium that includes SNC-Lavalin, ACES Infrastructure and Ellis-Don. RTG’s role after winning the $2.1-billion bid to build and maintain the light-rail system was punctuated by inexperience, delays, poor communication with subcontractors and a “misconceived scheme” to put commercial pressure on the city.
Missteps, mistrust and a failure to keep the public interest top of mind are not the only revelations in Hourigan’s exhaustive report. He explains in detail how Canadian content requirements left RTG scrambling for skilled workers to build the train cars locally. He delves into the unproven technology of the Alstom Citadis model itself, urging future project managers to opt for “service proven” designs and components.
Poor already (over taxed) Ottawa taxpayers, again on the hook.
There's one person who we know is responsible, the mayor at the time.
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