[zang]

So, on the one hand we have:

• "99% complete" and "99.9% complete", coming from (what seems to be an AI paraphrase of) one or more credit reports. Did the AI invent or hallucinate the percentages? Possibly, if such an assumption were somehow embedded in the prompt. But that's not in evidence one way or the other.

And on the other hand:

• A second-hand anecdote, sourced to a rank-and-file Metrolinx employee, saying "44% project readiness". Not disparaging, that's what it legitimately is: anecdotal evidence from someone who isn't here right now. At least that's better than no evidence, which is what we get from Metrolinx.

Metrolinx employees have access to either their own app or web app. This wasn't second hand; she literally showed me the "progress ring" that said, "44% readiness". I was surprised, given likely NDAs in her work contract, that she even shared this info with me. Even though her job makes her privy to a great many things, she pointed out that Verster intentionally kept things from different departments, with no explanation as to why.

I don't doubt the 44% figure is a correct value of... something. The question is, what does it mean when we're getting 99% from one direction and 44% from another? Guess it hinges on the difference between "Completion" and "Readiness". I don't find it hard to understand how a project can be "99% complete" (complete as in constructed) while only being "44% ready" (ready as in validated, conformance tested, everything functions as it needs to, software doesn't crash and handles edge/corner cases correctly, and all the endless technicalities resolved).

As I noted, the 44% was in January of 2024. But from what I was to understand, "readiness" equated to "completion", ie; handover to the TTC.

The question, as always and forevermore, is why they have kept all this out of sight. Whose reputation is being protected? I for one think the fish rots from the head.

I bet it rhymes with Slug Hoard.

 

[BrenWilson]

44% could be a percent of completion certificates or the like, which are a huge part of the final stages. Look at FWLRT - I've been doing minor work on that project for over a year now and the Guideway construction has been finished that entire time. I would hazard a guess that this stage of the project is prone to compounding delays.