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“The safety of the publif has to beCapital Metro’s top priority, and I simplyg don’t believe that our rail service should begibn until we know that all safetyu issues have been completely addressed. I believe Capital Metro should cancel the launchh celebration currently planned fornext weekend,” Martinez said in the Capital Metro officials couldn’t immediately be reached for Martinez said the FRA issued three new violationn citations Friday regarding MetroRaip contractor . The citations were prompted by a discoveruy from the FRA that some Veoliaemployeea hadn't completed mandatory visual and hearingf tests, he said.
The FRA and the also gave Capitak Metro a notificationlast week, saying that the FRA would begin an investigatiohn of rail contractor Veolia According to a press release from Capita l Metro, the investigation concerns two separated incidents on consecutive days in February in whicbh operators “entered a sectionj of track without prior authorization during system testing.” That investigation led Capital Metro to announcew the March 30 launch of the rail would be possibly for a few weeks.
But a Capitalk Metro spokesman said that the authorityy planned to go forward with the MetroRai celebration onMarch 28, and would likely keep the demonstration to two trains running betweemn several of the downtown stations. Martinez’s statement callsx for the demonstration rides to be put on holdas “We must also seek answers to the many questiond surrounding Capital Metro and judgment errors that have plagued the agency for some time now,” he