The delayed launch of the Valley Line LRT from downtown to Mill Woods is likely going to be pushed back even later than the summer of 2021, according to Councillor Mike Nickel.
That’s based on word that came from Bombardier on Tuesday that it is stopping all non-essential work in the country, while 9,000 workers are heading home in Quebec and Ontario. “I asked literally a month and a half ago, what administration’s response was going to be, what their plan was, with regard to procurement risks during COVID-19,” Nickel said Friday in a phone interview with Global News. “At that time they hadn’t considered it, which was pretty frustrating.” “Let’s take for example the Valley Line south.