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On the 457th day after the City of Ottawa was to have received the keys to the Confederation Line, Mayor Jim Watson will announce the public launch date of the long-awaited LRT.

A city news release Wednesday evening said Watson would hold a briefing at 2:30 p.m. Friday for members of city council and the media about the trial runs, “revenue service availability” and the opening of the Confederation Line.

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Meanwhile, the city is refusing to answer basic questions about LRT, even as possible misinformation is circulating on social media.

A since-deleted Reddit post from an anonymous user who identified as someone “working in this field” made serious allegations regarding how the city is managing the 12-day LRT trial period the Confederation Line must pass before opening to the public.

No evidence is provided in the post to support the veracity of the claims and this newspaper is not repeating the allegations because it has not been able to verify them or the identity of the poster.