LRT won't reopen for at least another week: Complete redesign of axle hub assembly to take place as a long-term fix to ongoing bearing issues

To address long-standing bearing problems in the axles of light-rail cars, the axle hub assembly is going to be completely redesigned, Mayor Mark Sutcliffe announced Monday. “That alone will not solve all of our issues, but I and the team at OC Transpo are hopeful that this redesign will be a giant step forward. At last we are...