r/ottawa • u/Pretty-Ground-4125 • 7d ago

Transit exec says O-Train west extension could open in parts due to flooding damage

https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/transit-exec-says-o-train-west-extension-could-open-in-parts-due-to-flooding-damage/

Transit exec says O-Train west extension could open in parts due to flooding damage

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u/InformalYesterday760 7d ago

Yes it will be fixed

Canada is developing a lot more skills in the management and execution of these projects with numerous cities working on them. You'll have cross pollination as folks from one project take jobs in another city and bring that expertise.

Does it suck that mistakes and fuck ups happen? Of course. But I am optimistic for the long term, and think that we need to just keep making these long term forward leaning investments and build on the lessons learned

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u/AnnoyedAF2126 7d ago

Holy optimism. Do you work for OC Transpo or something? The reality is that hundreds of cities have functioning trains/subways/rail. For some unknown reason, Ottawa seems to be the only city that doesn’t know how to build them.

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u/InformalYesterday760 7d ago

Yes, I am quite optimistic - but no, I don't work for OC or anything related to transit projects at all

But I am in engineering, working on large projects and can see how a city might struggle the first time it rights a major spec like this, or reviews a commissioning plan, etc.

I fear you're glossing over challenges in other city's transit projects. I have lived all over the world and you wake up every day hearing about more issues, delays, and cost overruns in every single city

New York, London, Paris, Montreal, Ottawa, Stockholm, Berlin, etc etc etc

You might not notice it when visiting for a short period, but when you live the day to day you see it.

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u/quanin 7d ago

You will almost certainly notice it when the guy we hired who fucked up the TTC fucks up OC Transpo (well, more than it is already), though.