LRT inquiry report set to come out next week

More than a year after the Ontario government announced it would launch a public inquiry into what went wrong with Ottawa's light rail network,the findings of the months-long investigation will soon be made public.

In a Wednesday morning statement, inquiry commissioner Justice William Hourigan said the reportwill come out Nov. 30 and will provideanswers to such questions as what made the Confederation Line sounreliable and why it derailed twice last year.

"We made a commitment to the people of Ottawa,"Hourigansaid. "We said we would find out why problems occurred in the construction and maintenance of the LRT, and how to avoid these in the future. I believe we have done that."

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The inquirywill release the report simultaneously on the inquiry's website, as well as at a news conference at Ottawa's Shaw Centre.

The commissioner is also expected to make an in-person statement.