News Releases

HAMILTON, ON - In advance of the 2022 Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic hockey game taking place on Sunday, March 13, 2022, motorists should expect road closures and traffic delays in the vicinity of Tim Hortons Field for the duration of the weekend.  The following roads will be temporarily closed from 11 pm Saturday, March 12, to 7 am Monday, March 14, 2022:

HAMILTON, ON – To safely complete maintenance at the Tim Hortons Field, the City of Hamilton will close Balsam Ave N between Beechwood Ave and Cannon St E beginning Monday, July 5, 2021 for approximately four days. The closure is expected to wrap up on or before Thursday, July 8, weather permitting. During this time, the sidewalk on the west side will also be closed while crews complete work. Motorists should follow signs for detour. Local access will be maintained.

HAMILTON, ON - In order to safely complete the installation of a large diameter concrete storm sewer across Rymal Rd. E., the DESO Construction Limited will impose a road closure between Nebo Rd. and Dartnall Rd., beginning Monday, April 19, 2021 for approximately two weeks. The project is expected to wrap up by late April 2021, weather permitting.

HAMILTON, ON - In order for crews to replace watermain valves, the City of Hamilton will close the westbound lanes of Stone Church Rd W between Matthew St and Garth St beginning on Monday, February 3 at 9 a.m. for approximately 3 months. The project is expected to wrap up on or before Thursday, April 30, 2020. Sidewalks on both sides of the road will remain accessible to pedestrians. Motorists travelling westbound should follow designated detour routes along West 5th St or Upper James St to Rymal Rd W.

HAMILTON, ON – Beginning Tuesday, May 21, the City of Hamilton will completely close Locke St in both directions between Hunter St and Melbourne St. to accommodate the ongoing reconstruction project in the area. There will be no vehicular access on Locke St S between Hunter St and Melbourne St. All sidewalks and businesses in the area will remain open. To manage traffic delays caused by the full closure of Locke St, several surrounding one-way streets will be converted into two-way streets, including Hunter St, Bold St, Pine St and Tuckett Street.

HAMILTON, ON – To safely complete urgent repairs to a manhole cover, the City of Hamilton will close the single downbound lane on the James Mountain Road escarpment access beginning Friday morning. The work will begin at approximately 10 am on Friday, November 23 and is scheduled to wrap up by 4 pm on Sunday, November 25, 2018. Motorists traveling down the escarpment should take an alternate access. The single upbound lane on James Mountain Road will remain open.   

HAMILTON, ON – To safely install new sewers and water mains, the City of Hamilton will close all lanes of Garner Road E between Glancaster Road and Southcote Road beginning Monday for approximately four months. The closure will begin on Monday, May 7 and is expected to wrap up by late August 2018. Motorists should detour around the closure using Glancaster Road, Book Road, and Southcote Road. 

HAMILTON, ON – In order to complete repairs to sanitary sewers in the area, York Boulevard will be closed in both directions between Park Street N and MacNab Street N – in front of the Hamilton Farmer’s Market and Hamilton Public Library – this Sunday. The work will begin at 7:30 am on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018 and is expected to be complete by 5 pm. HSR routes 4 Bayfront, 7 Locke, 8 York will be on detour throughout the closure. Details are available at www.hamilton.ca/hsrdetours.   

HAMILTON, ON - July 21, 2017 - As part of ongoing improvements on Hamilton’s west mountain, Stone Church Road will be closed to all through traffic at Garth Street for approximately six weeks beginning Monday, July 24, 2017. The entire intersection at Stone Church Road and Garth Street will be reconstructed and improved in two stages – traffic routing along Garth Street will be adjusted part way through the closure to allow crews safe access to both sides of the intersection.