Editorial: What do LRT and LeBreton have in common? Expect delays

This week’s theme in local events: delays in big projects – and the scramble to overcome them.
On Wednesday, Ottawa councillors learned officially that the opening of the Confederation Line, a.k.a Phase One of the LRT, is delayed again. The private consortium building the East-West spine has been blowing through deadlines since mid-2018, and now won’t hand over light rail to the city until perhaps the end of June.
That didn’t stop city councillors from plunging ahead with