With the Eglinton/Crosstown LRT test car more than two years overdue, Bombardier today was insisting that the company is not in default of the contract. Marc Laforge of Bombardier made the comment to BNN Friday morning, denying any default. “As we’ve stated since July and strongly restate today, in no way Bombardier is in default of its contractual obligations in the Metrolinx project,” Laforge said. “We are currently working on the pilot car, the first of the 182 vehicles to produce. This vehicle is intended for testing. We don’t understand where Metrolinx is going at when talking about performance on a vehicle that has yet to run its first kilometres on track and production has not started yet.”
NOTICE GIVEN
Nonetheless, Ontario filed notice Thursday to cancel the contract with Bombardier for the subway trains. Knowing just what this means probably starts with noting that notice to terminate is not termination itself. But it is a fact that Metrolinx has long stretches of the LRT close to a point where testing of cars could begin. The tunnels however are empty. As stated, the pilot car for Crosstown is now two years overdue. CBC
