Metrolinx refuses to share progress and problems with Eglinton LRT
Global News
Metrolinx has rejected two access to information requests from Global News seeking progress reports on the long-delayed Eglinton Crosstown LRT.
The government agency responsible for handling Ontario’s massive transit expansion is refusing to disclose a list of the issues that persist with Toronto’s years-delayed Eglinton Crosstown LRT, as questions about when the line will carry passengers continue.
Metrolinx, the provincial transit agency leading the project, said last year there were hundreds of technical issues that needed to be fixed before construction could end.
A request filed by Global News for a list of ongoing problems, along with an attempt to view monthly construction progress reports by the contractor building the route, was denied.
Privacy officials with Metrolinx knocked two separate freedom of information requests about the line and claimed releasing the information could cause economic damage to the provincial government and even harm the future safety of the line.
As work continues on the beleaguered light rail system, Global News sought to understand the problems that persist with Eglinton Crosstown LRT and how the consortium building the route is measuring its progress.
The two separate freedom of information requests were rejected by Metrolinx in their entirety.
The first request was for the latest list of ongoing testing and operating issues. The second sought monthly status reports the consortium building the line, Crosslinx Transit Solutions, sends to Metrolinx.
Sources told Global News that Crosslinx sends monthly progress updates to Metrolinx. As part of those updates, the consortium reportedly includes a monthly estimate for when it believes the line will be open.
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