Mayor Watson tours LRT system, feels 'optimistic' about March handover

Mayor Jim Watson says he feels confident about the construction progress of the Confederation Line LRT after riding a train through the downtown tunnel this week.
Perhaps most importantly, Watson and city officials took time during the tour Tuesday to examine Rideau Station, which still looked like a full-on construction zone when city staff showed pictures to council members late last summer.
“We saw the pictures from six months ago and it’s (now) a world of difference. It looks lik