ICYMI: A recap of the latest news from Hamilton’s RHVP inquiry
The retired city manager at the centre of Hamilton's Red Hill scandal has testified at a judicial inquiry - but the $18-million effort to solve the slippery parkway mystery is far from over.
Gary Moore answered questions at the virtual inquiry for five days related to the Red Hill Valley Parkway - in particular, about a now-infamous 2013 report showing low friction on the roadway that the former engineering boss did not share with other city staffers or the public.
Public hearings started in late April and are expected to continue well into the fall. A second stage of the inquiry will follow looking at what factors contributed to collisions on the crash-prone parkway.
The inquiry is on a two-week break and will resume Aug. 10 - after a separate hearing to rule on a city request to withhold some privileged" documents requested by judicial inquiry lawyers.
Council asked for the judicial inquiry in 2019 after the Tradewind Scientific report resurfaced, spurring emergency repaving and lawsuit threats over collisions that happened on the parkway while the study was buried. Documents suggest that report resurfaced in part thanks to a Spectator collision investigation in 2017 and followup Freedom of Information request for friction information about the parkway.
It's tough to keep up with weeks of inquiry testimony. Here's a summary of what you might have missed:
- The city's deadly secret: how the city hid Red Hill reporting until The Spec forced its release
- From Red Hill rumours to an $18-million judicial probe: how we got here
- There were concerns about parkway construction even before it opened
- Mr. Red Hill': Who is Gary Moore, the man at the centre of the Red Hill inquiry?
- Former engineering director Gary Moore claims parkway friction report made no sense whatsoever'
- Whatever, my evidence is my evidence': Witnesses clash over critical friction report
- Hamilton's former engineering boss says he wasn't hiding the Red Hill Valley Parkway friction report
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