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Hamilton City Council ratifies memorandum of understanding for the Hamilton Light Rail Transit (LRT) project

September 15 2021

HAMILTON, ON - Today, Hamilton City Council ratified a memorandum of understanding with Metrolinx and the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) to move forward with the 14-kilometre Hamilton Light Rail Transit (LRT) project. In May 2021, a joint funding announcement was made by the provincial and federal governments committing $3.4B to the capital cost of the project, making the Hamilton LRT one of the largest infrastructure investments in the City’s history.   
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Statement by Mayor Fred Eisenberger on the Hamilton Light Rail Transit Project

September 8 2021

HAMILTON, ON – The approval at GIC by Hamilton City Council of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) project Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the province means the project is now moving forward and underscores how transformative opportunities can come about when all levels of government come together to support a project. Today’s decision will be ratified at the next Council meeting on September 15, 2021.
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Statement by Mayor Fred Eisenberger on the province urging the Federal Government to aid in funding Hamilton’s Light Rapid Transit (LRT) Project

February 9 2021

HAMILTON, ON – I welcome the announcement that the Ford Government remains committed to the promised $1 billion investment in Hamilton transportation infrastructure and is calling on the federal government to support in the building of Hamilton’s Light Rapid Transit (LRT) Project.
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Statement by Mayor Fred Eisenberger on the Ontario Auditor General’s report of Cost Estimates of Hamilton’s Light Rapid Transit (LRT) Project

December 7 2020

HAMILTON, ON – I welcome the determination by the Ontario Auditor General, contained in today’s Cost Estimates of Light Rapid Transit (LRT) Project report, indicating the Hamilton LRT project’s $5.5-billion cost estimate reported by the Minister of Transportation in December 2019, when the project was cancelled, was reasonable.
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Statement by Mayor Fred Eisenberger on the Hamilton Light Rail Transit Project cost

August 7 2020

HAMILTON, ON - Earlier this year, the Province’s citizen-appointed Hamilton Transportation Task Force recommended Hamilton’s Light Rail Transit (LRT) project as the number one transit recommendation for the City of Hamilton.  The LRT project is the most-studied transit project in our city’s history, and we are now turning our minds to restarting our economy. The LRT will create thousands of jobs, economic uplift, increase affordable housing, cut CO2 emissions drastically and will be a legacy transportation project for our city.
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Open Letter to Premier Doug Ford on the cancellation of Hamilton’s Light Rail Transit (LRT) project

December 18 2019

HAMILTON, ON - Mayor Fred Eisenberger has issued an open letter to Premier Doug Ford expressing his disappointment with the Ontario government’s recent a cancellation of Hamilton’s Light Rail Transit (LRT) project and to request information on the Ford governments estimated costs of the project. December 18 Open Letter to Premier Ford re: LRT  (PDF,  875 KB) December 18, 2019
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Have your say on the City’s Draft Commercial/Mixed Use & Light Rail Transit (LRT) Zones – Wards 1 to 4

May 4 2016

HAMILTON, ON – May 4, 2016 – The City of Hamilton has developed Draft Commercial/Mixed Use and LRT Zones and invites the public to attend upcoming open houses for Wards 1 to 4. Additional public consultation for the remaining Wards will take place in the fall of 2016. The Draft Zones have been developed to implement the Urban Hamilton Official Plan. The public will have the opportunity to learn about the benefits of the draft zones and provide comments to City staff. Statutory Open Houses The hours for the open houses will be:
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Citizens’ Jury – Rapid Transit “LRT as City Building”

November 18 2015

Hamilton, ON – November 18, 2015 - The City Council appointed Citizens’ Jury on Transit will meet on November 25, 6:30 pm at Mohawk College in Room i109 for a presentation and discussion on the topic “LRT: How it Changes Cities”. The public is invited to attend this free event. This is the first of three meetings that the public is invited to attend. Presenters include transit experts from Calgary and Pittsburgh who will speak about their experience with Light Rail Transit.  The next public meetings will be held on December 2 at 6:30 pm and December 12 at 9:30 am.
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