Monday December 20, 2021

What Ottawa is Talking About – 20 December 2021

▪️The Trillium Line re-opening has been delayed to 2023. The line had been scheduled to reopen August 2022, the new date is May 2023, nine months later. As for the Confederation Line, it's extention looks to be 10 months behind schedule of its planned May 2025 opening. [Ottawa Citizen]

▪️The 300 cubic metres of sewage dumped into the Ottawa River last month was due to a calibration error. The new supersewer had been built to keep rainwater and sewage out of the river but a storage tunnel overflowed because instruments said it still had room. City staff have recalibrated the measuring devices. [CBC]

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