In an email to the Star, Lefebvre said that Bombardier is on track to deliver the vehicles in time for the LRT lines to begin service on schedule.
He said company plans to supply the first pilot vehicle next month, which would give the company 18 months to conduct vehicle testing that normally takes half that time. Full production of the fleet would begin in the spring of 2018.
Your prediction would have an almost certain chance of happening.
I am at a lost why it taking so long for testing on a supposed off the shelf model that is in service around the world
It's pretty obvious.
They are totally incompetent.
Yeah, as a Kitchenerite, I see all this fretting about "oh no, I hope they actually start production in 2019!" and laugh. A nervous, pained, laugh.
We need these exact same vehicles, and we want them done in 2017. Our date is already slipping to 2018 because of them. We are going to have tracks in the ground, ready to go, and nothing to run for a confirmed 4 months already. We have no luxury of waiting until 2019 for a production ramp-up.
Our representatives are actually quite on the ball about this.You should write your MPP and city representatives.
"What's of particular concern to me and I suspect to the rest of council as well — is another shoe going to drop?" Coun. Tom Galloway said.
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Coun. Sean Strickland said there needs to be public reporting about what's happening.
"The other thing that we have yet to determine is, of course, the ramifications for the financing model for the LRT and that needs to be determined when we get more details from Bombardier," he said.
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Regular check-ins is scheduled going forward.
Officials are skeptical Bombardier will actually deliver.
"From what I've seen they are absolutely taking this seriously, they're committed to delivering this schedule," Schmidt said. "Having said that we need to see the vehicles delivered and until they have done that we have every right to be skeptical."
Multiple heads have already rolled at BBD. Not sure how this is related to Wynne - despite being the best Premier in Ontario in decades.I hope Wynne and her cronies will somehow have multiple heads roll at BBD if this delays KWLRT.
Multiple heads have already rolled at BBD. Not sure how this is related to Wynne - despite being the best Premier in Ontario in decades.
I have no idea who you are referring to. Names or it's not real.It's not. But powerful people who control lots of money can get things done.
It's not. But powerful people who control lots of money can get things done.
I am at a lost why it taking so long for testing on a supposed off the shelf model that is in service around the world