This post from February 8th has details on $86.7 million dollars in City infrastructure work planned for Ward 8.
Within the next six years, more than $86.7 million dollars is allocated to repair, replace, upgrade and build new City infrastructure throughout Ward 8. The planned work includes major road repairs, upgrades to neighbourhood roads and sidewalks, community assets, parks and recreation.
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Continue reading “$86.7 Million In City Infrastructure Work Scheduled for Ward 8 Within 6 Years”This article, from November 5, has background on the unveiling of the Ward 8 Complete Streets draft report and next steps for the community as we move towards safer, inclusive and family-friendly streets.
On November 4, members of the Ward 8 community joined Councillor Danko, WSP traffic consultants and City staff for the release of the Ward 8 Complete Streets Report and recommended changes to residential roads in Ward 8 to help promote safety and reduce speed.
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Continue reading “Ward 8 Complete Streets Report Released”This article, from May 27, contains details on the City of Hamilton being recognized with two awards by the Transportation Association of Canada
Each year, the Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) recognizes exceptional contributions made by its member organizations across Canada through its Technical Achievement Awards – with the City receiving two awards including those for Road Safety Engineering and Sustainable Mobility.
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Continue reading “City of Hamilton wins Technical Achievement Awards for Vision Zero Action Plan and Keddy Access Trail”This article, from May 6, details this month’s Community Safety Zone initiative taking place across the City this month.
This month, the City of Hamilton is launching a Community Safety Zone education campaign to encourage motorists to drive safely through all areas of the City, especially those designated as a Community Safety Zone in order to increase the safety of vulnerable road users.
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Continue reading “Slower speeds, safer communities: City of Hamilton reminding motorists to slow down in community safety zones”This article, from March 25, has details on proposed multi-modal transportation investments in the 2021 budget.
The City of Hamilton is making increased investments to multi-modal transportation infrastructure around the city, with an investment of $2.74 million in cycling infrastructure and an increased investment in Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations.
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Continue reading “Increased investments in multi-modal transportation infrastructure proposed for 2021 budget”This article, from March 11, has details on the Ward 8 Complete Streets survey, which is now live via Engage Hamilton.
The Ward 8 Office is excited to announce that the Ward 8 Complete Streets survey is now live via Engage Hamilton portal.
This project is specifically focused on improving safety and operations along residential and collector streets in Ward 8 only – arterial roads will not be a part of this project since they are already under consideration as part of the ongoing Complete Livable Better Streets Design Manual Project.
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Continue reading “Ward 8 Complete Streets Survey Now Live!”This article, from March 7, has details on an upcoming Ward 8 initiative.
We wanted to update you on a Ward 8 initiative which will be taking place over the coming months.
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Continue reading “Help Shape Ward 8 – Participate in the Upcoming Survey”This March 4 article has details on an education campaign by the Hamilton Police targeting speeders in the city.
Throughout March, the City of Hamilton and Hamilton Police will be targeting motorists driving above the speed limit with a familiar education campaign: There’s no such thing as speeding a little – speeding is speeding.
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Continue reading “Speeding is Speeding”This article, from October 6, contains details about impending speed restrictions across Hamilton neighbourhoods.
As part of the City of Hamilton’s Vision Zero‘s goal to eliminate serious injuries and fatalities among all road users on city streets, the City of Hamilton is reducing the speed limit on a neighbourhood to neighbourhood basis, including many in Ward 8.
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Continue reading “Neighbourhood Speed Limit Reductions coming to Ward 8”One of the most comprehensive neighbourhood traffic safety initiatives ever undertaken in Hamilton is coming to Ward 8.
This article outlines details and next steps to create safer neighbourhoods for all road users throughout the ward.
On August 21st 2020, Hamilton City Council ratified a motion by Ward 8 Councillor John-Paul Danko to invest $150,000 from the Ward 8 area rating reserve towards a report that will identify areas of concern and make recommendations to provide a safer environment for all road users based on Vision Zero and Complete Streets principles (click here for a copy of the original motion).
This is the engineering design phase of transformative road safety improvements throughout Ward 8, with an additional $1.5 million towards infrastructure improvements planned following the conclusion of the report.
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Continue reading “Transformative Road Safety Improvements Coming to Ward 8 Neighbourhoods”
