News Releases

HAMILTON, ON – After extensive clean up and repairs following a spill of liquid asphalt earlier today, the City of Hamilton has reopened the Red Hill Valley Parkway in both directions. While most of the 44,000 litres of liquid asphalt that spilled onto road and median areas has been cleaned up, there are still some repairs and clean up that will continue into next week. The City thanks residents for their support and patience as we worked to clean up and repair significant damage on the Red Hill Valley Parkway today.

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 – Motorists in Hamilton should expect rolling lane and ramp closures on the Red Hill Valley Parkway between Monday, October 29 and Friday, November 2, 2018. The intermittent lane closures will take place between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. on both sides of the Red Hill Valley Parkway between Dartnall Road and the QEW. Motorists should also expect temporary closures of the on and off ramps along the parkway during these time periods.

HAMILTON, ON – In order to accommodate road resurfacing in the area, the City of Hamilton will be implementing lane restrictions‎ in the eastbound lanes of Burlington Street between Tire Street and Woodward Ave beginning Monday, October 15 for approximately 10 days. The eastbound lanes of Burlington along this section of road will receive a “shave and pave” treatment, where the top two inches of the existing pavement is milled away and new asphalt is put back on top.

HAMILTON, ON – To safely complete repaving work, the City of Hamilton has closed two up-bound lanes on the Claremont Access until the evening of Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. Two upbound lanes remain open, but motorists traveling in the area should expect delays. The City of Hamilton thanks residents for their patience as we complete these important infrastructure repairs.

HAMILTON, ON – To safely complete resurfacing work, the City of Hamilton will close the eastbound and westbound directions for the two elevated road segments on Nikola Tesla Blvd and Burlington Street E . The closure will begin on Monday, August 20 and is expected to wrap up on or before  8 a.m. on Wednesday, August 29. 

HAMILTON, ON – To safely complete sampling of the asphalt, the City of Hamilton will close the southbound lanes of the Red Hill Valley Parkway between Barton Street and Mud Street this Sunday night. Pending weather, the closure will begin on Sunday, July 22 at 5 pm and is expected to wrap up before 6 am on Monday, July 23, 2018. The closure will allow crews to take samples of the asphalt, which will be tested for potential future recycling in resurfacing the Red Hill Valley Parkway in 2019.

HAMILTON, ON – In order to accommodate road resurfacing in the area, the City of Hamilton will be implementing lane restrictions in both directions on Upper Sherman Ave between Fennell Ave E and Limeridge Road E beginning tomorrow for approximately six weeks. All lanes on Upper Sherman Ave between Fennell Ave E and Limeridge Road E will receive a “shave and pave” treatment, where the top two inches of the existing pavement is milled away and new asphalt is put back on top.

HAMILTON, ON – Starting tomorrow, the City of Hamilton will be completing preventative maintenance along the Claremont escarpment access. While no lane closures are planned, the work may require intermittent lane closures for the safety of motorists traveling along the roadway. The work will begin tomorrow, May 17, 2018, and will take approximately three weeks to complete. Workers will be on site daily between 7 am and 7 pm. Work along the Claremont includes rock scaling, which is the removal of loose rock and debris to prevent future rock slides.