Ottawa s interim city manager says the city is "disappointed" that there was no new funding for public transit in neither the federal nor Ontario budgets, and city officials will continue to pursue funding from the upper levels of government to address a gap in transit revenue.
The first meeting of the city s newly created Light Rail Subcommittee will discuss a motion that suggests giving council more authority over the terms of the project agreement for Stage 1.
A small working group that includes Mayor Mark Sutcliffe could soon be charged with overseeing several targeted reviews of City of Ottawa’s services and programs to assess whether they’re best done in-house, by a contractor, though a public-private partnership or another setup.