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The ceilings at Parliament, Rideau and Lyon LRT stations will be inspected “out of an abundance of caution” while remedial work continues on the ceiling at St. Laurent Station, OC Transpo General Manager Renée Amilcar said Tuesday in a memo to the mayor and members of council.
St. Laurent Station has been closed since Friday after OC Transpo discovered corrosion and damage on some of the ceiling panels. In her memo, Amilcar said Rideau Maintenance Group had completed the removal and reinforcement of the station’s drop ceiling and was making progress on repairs to the concrete.
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To speed the work, LRT service between Blair and Hurdman stations will be stopped Tuesday night at 10 p.m. and replaced with R1 bus service. Trains will run normally between Hurdman and Tunney’s Pasture.
“Crews will continue to work in the station today (Tuesday) to support the remaining remedial work, and final inspections to confirm that any hazards associated with the concrete roof slab and the suspended ceiling have been fully mitigated. The final inspection may require some further remedial work to be completed. The cleaning of the station will also begin today to support the reopening of the station,” Amilcar’s memo said.
Amilcar said she hopes full service will resume Wednesday as planned. Another update on the repairs is expected Wednesday morning.
“Given the state of the suspended ceiling infrastructure in St. Laurent Station, out of an abundance of caution, OC Transpo has asked RTM to conduct proactive inspections of the suspended infrastructure at Parliament, Rideau and Lyon Stations,” Amilcar said. “More details on the timing and impact of those inspections will be announced once plans are finalised.”
It’s the second time this year that service at St. Laurent Station has been disrupted. In January, workers found concrete had fallen from the ceiling onto the tracks. The station predates the Confederation Line, having been originally built to serve buses on the Transitway
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