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Ottawa’s Light Rail Transit Project Advances to Preliminary Engineering
Following approval of the Provincial Environmental Assessment, the City of Ottawa has now received formal authorization from both the federal and provincial governments to move to the next stage of the project. This allows the City to engage Capital Transit Partners, a joint venture of consulting engineering firms with extensive LRT infrastructure and tunnelling experience, to deliver the Preliminary Engineering component of the project.
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Province Gives “Green” Light for Ottawa LRT Project
Ottawa’s Light Rail Transit (OLRT) project is a big step closer to reality today, with the approval of the Environmental Assessment (EA) by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment.
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Geotechnical and Hydrogeological Drilling Completed
The first phase of the Geotechnical and Hydrogeological Investigation is now complete.
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Your Questions
- How many buses will continue to operate on Albert Street for access to The Good Companions?
- When will LRT be expanded to the suburbs?
- What is LRT and why did the City choose this technology for its rapid transit network?
- Why wasn’t the heavy rail option explored?
- Why wasn’t the Monorail option explored?
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- LRT4Ottawa: GR8 article about Ottawa in the Washington Post. We think our city is pretty cool too! Of course it will get a lot cooler when we get LRT.
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