Videotron wants CRTC to force Ottawa to reimburse it for moving telecom line

Videotron has filed a Part 1 application asking the CRTC to force the city of Ottawa to reimburse it for being made to reallocate its telecommunication line to make way for city construction projects. The city had requested that the telecom move its transmission lines and equipment at two locations, one at Montreal Road and another at Woodroffe Avenue, less than five years after it installed the equipment on Hydro Ottawa poles. When Videotron went to the city in early 2022 to get reimbursed for the $300,000 move, it was denied on the basis that the request to reallocate came...