Construction delays mean Valley Line Southeast LRT won't open this year
CBC
Construction delays on the Valley Line Southeast LRT mean it will not be operational until sometime early next year.
During a news conference Tuesday, a spokesperson for contractor TransEd said the project is no longer expected to be completed in 2021, but is now expected to be operational in the first three months of 2022.
The project will likely welcome its first passengers around the end of March, TransEd spokesperson Dallas Lindskoog said.
The delays have been caused by a longer-than-expected testing process for the new trains, Lindskoog said.
He said the project is 95 per cent complete overall, but COVID-19 has led to workforce shortages and supply chain issues for some construction supplies.
"COVID has had lots of different impacts," Lindskoog said.
"We are seeing positive cases in our workforce ... that impacts our ability to move forward efficiently."
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