Ottawa – Royal Galipeau, MP for Ottawa–Orléans and Yasir Naqvi, MPP for Ottawa-Centre, will join Mayor Jim Watson, City Councillors and local students at City Hall to announce the winners of the LRT tunnel excavator naming contest. About 50 Grade 4 classes from all four school boards participated in the contest, which sought to find names for the three road headers that are digging the LRT tunnel under downtown.
Date: Friday, November 29
Time: 12:30 p.m.
Location: Andrew S. Haydon Hall (Council Chambers), City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West
Photo Opportunities: Unveiling of poster boards of the three road header names with Grade 4 class representatives.
Parking is available onsite and a media box will be provided.
Contacts:
Ashley Kelahear
Senior Communications Advisor
Transport Canada
Office of the Honourable Lisa Raitt
Minister of Transport
613-991-0700
Media Relations
Transport Canada
613-993-0055
Ottawa
Patrick Searle
Minister’s Office
Ontario Minister of Transportation
Toronto
416-327-1815
Bob Nichols
Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Toronto
416-327-1158
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