News & Announcements

The July housing stats came out this week and while completions continue to be higher than ever, there was a noticeable slowdown in construction starts last month. In 2022 there was a noticeable August spike in completions and I'll be curious to see whether that's matched this year; under-construction numbers have been overall consistently growing month-to-month over the last three years. A dip in under-construction numbers over the last several months will be noticeable later this year and into next, however.

Starting Monday, trains will start to be re-introduced gradually into service while R1 bus replacement runs in parallel. Read the full details in the .pdf below.

Earlier this month, I wrote my analysis of the application for two towers at the corner of Parkdale and Carling with an explanation of why I'm likely to support that. If you haven't already, you can read that here.

Good afternoon, Kitchissippi.

There is a more comprehensive update memo this morning than we've been getting and the formatting is such that it's easiest for me just to attach it here. Click on the .pdf to read more about plans to gradually reintroduce service and a note that OC Transpo believes it has identified a permanent fix to the bearing issue through a design modification to the wheel hub assembly.

Council has this afternoon received the following update with respect to the LRT shutdown

This memo is to provide an update to Mayor and Members of Council on the current service levels and ongoing investigation.

R1 Service

Currently, OC Transpo is providing the following service levels to our customers:

Council has received this afternoon this most recent memo on progress toward resolving the current LRT shutdown.

This memo is to provide an update to Mayor and Members of Council on the current service levels and ongoing investigation.

R1 Service

Currently, OC Transpo is providing the following service levels to our customers:

Good afternoon, Kitchissippi. Below you'll find an update with respect to the current LRT shutdown from Renée Amilcar, head of OC Transpo. I listened to the press conference this afternoon and it's clear that the shutdown will extend at least into tomorrow if not longer. You can watch the press conference recording below. I think the update speaks for itself, but there is considerable uncertainty still this afternoon as we wait for timelines on further testing and analysis on top of inspections.

As residents have I'm sure already read, the LRT service has been stopped while they investigate a bearing issue that was found this afternoon during a routine inspection. This evening Council was provided with the update that I've copied below.

Update - July 13

This morning I read about another resident who experienced a bike/scooter theft at one of our LRT stations. The opportunities associated with bike->LRT and scoot->LRT are enormous, but not if residents won't park their bikes and scooters for fear of theft. I've written to the City's leadership as follows:

Mayor Sutcliffe, Chief Stubbs and Ms. Amilcar,