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Nearly three and a half years after a crater opened up on Rideau Street, legal jousting continues between companies who want compensation for the financial hit it had on their operations and also between defendants who are tossing liability for the sinkhole around like a hot potato.

In June 2018, fashion retailer Forever 21 served the City of Ottawa, Rideau Transit Group and SNC-Lavalin Constructors with a lawsuit seeking $250,000 in damages for “negligence and lost profits.” The lawsuit remains active.

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Rideau Transit Group (RTG) is the consortium contracted by the city to develop the first phase of light rail transit in Ottawa. RTG tasked SNC-Lavalin Constructors, operating as OLRT Constructors, with building the Confederation Line.

This newspaper has reported extensively on the lead-up, appearance and aftermath of the sinkhole on Rideau Street.

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LRT construction crews had finished digging out the future Rideau Station cavern and were working on the final 50 metres of tunnel between Colonel By Drive and the Rideau Canal.