City of Ottawa and RTG reach agreement to resolve ongoing disputes

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Ontario Construction News staff writer

The City of Ottawa and Rideau Transit Group (RTG) have reached a settlement that resolves several issues and โ€œresets their relationship to focus on the delivery of safe and reliable transit service to the people of Ottawa,โ€ the city said in a statement. Through this agreement, Ottawa and RTG will โ€œmove forward with the goal of improved collaboration and partnership as recommended in the OLRT Public Inquiry Commission Report.โ€

The settlement agreement:

  • resolves the Notice of Default that arose following the Aug. 8 and Sept. 19, 2021 derailments through RTGโ€™s acknowledgement of the default and the cityโ€™s confirmation of the immediate cure based on RTGโ€™s rigorous plan to address the issues that led to the derailments and come to a sustainable resolution of the axle bearing assembly issue.
  • The city acknowledges the work RTG has done and will continue to do to ensure the people of Ottawa receive safe and reliable service on O-Train Line 1 and will continue to monitor RTGโ€™s progress.
  • RTG is committed to achieving a sustainable resolution of these issues for all O-Train Line 1 light rail vehicles before the opening of the Stage 2 East extension. In addition, RTG has and will continue to implement various interim mitigation measures to ensure the reliability of O-Train Line 1.

According to the statement, Ottawa and RTG have also settled several disputes concerning RTGโ€™s performance during the maintenance phase and the cityโ€™s administration of the contract during the maintenance phase.

โ€œThe city and RTG have been working collaboratively and cooperatively together for many months on the development of a rigorous Implementation plan and resolution of both the default and maintenance disputes.โ€ Collaborative work began prior to the release of the commission report.

The settlement demonstrates both partiesโ€™ acknowledgement of the importance of cooperation, which the commission report urged, and demonstrates both partiesโ€™ ongoing commitment to the public interest in delivering safe and reliable train service on O-Train Line 1.

โ€œThis agreement builds on the work already done to improve the system and reflects a number of recommendations from the commission report,โ€ the city stated.

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