Ottawa residents seek accountability, apologies over LRT system failures | 24CA News
The scathing report into years of issues with Ottawa’s multi-billion greenback mild rail transit system has left some residents annoyed and calling for these concerned to come clean with their actions.
Some advocates say metropolis councillor Allan Hubley ought to resign over his involvement in a secret WhatsApp group chat with then-mayor Jim Watson and senior metropolis workers the place they mentioned issues with the LRT venture that weren’t disclosed to the remainder of council.
Hubley is the final of these officers to stay in workplace — the others embody Watson, who determined to not run within the latest election, metropolis supervisor Steve Kanellakos, who resigned on Monday, and the previous head of OC Transpo.
On Wednesday, Premier Doug Ford informed reporters that the town did a “terrible job” overseeing the system.
Former Ottawa councillor Mathieu Fleury says now’s the time for everybody who was concerned — together with the Rideau Transit Group — to step up and provide a proof for his or her actions.
Hubley didn’t reply to a request for remark, however informed a neighborhood radio station this week he doesn’t plan to be the transit fee chairman for this council time period.
