More infrastructure work is required, an updated report released Friday says.
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“I hope that, when residents step back and look at what’s going on right now, they will see, in the long term, that we are working on the long-term solutions that will once and for all deal with this issues so that, going forward, we will have safe, reliable service,” he said Friday. More details are to be released on Monday. As it stands, R1 bus service, with 36 buses in operation, will continue. Work is underway to increase the numbers of buses available, said Renée Amilcar, the city’s general manager of transit services.
While the city received a draft safety note on Wednesday, a revised safety note said the additional work had to be done. “In this specific condition, we believe that this contact is creating exceptional forces in a way that is potentially contributing to the actual failure,” he said. “This is why we’re taking this action of eliminating the contact.”Article contentPhoto by Tony CaldwellThe eight cars scheduled to be used in the planned limited return to service on Monday were intended to take some of the pressure off the bus service.
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