Cycling Infrastructure | City of Hamilton

2022 Cycling Infrastructure Report
This report identifies the city of Hamilton’s 2022 cycling related project implementations, as well as planned implementations for 2023.

2023 Implementation Projects

Roadway	Infrastructure Type	Project Stage	Additional Info
Baldwin St/Cootes Dr - York St to Court St, Baldwin St to Dundas St	Bicycle Boulevard Multi-use Path	Design	Cootes Dr Feasibility Plan(PDF, 560.13 KB)
Barton St - Woodward Ave to Redhill Valley Parkway	Multi-use Path	Construction	Capital Project
Bay St - Cannon St to Hunter St	Barrier Enhancements	Planning
Breadalbane/Jones/Woodbine - Breadalbane/Jones/ Woodbine Bike Boulevard, King St. to York Blvd.	Bicycle Boulevard	Tender	Video: Breadalbane Info Session
Centennial Pkwy - Confederation Dr to Goderich Rd	Multi-use Path	Design	Centennial Pkwy Feasibility Plan(PDF, 379.29 KB)
Charlton Ave/MacNab St	Connection Enhancements	Design	Charlton Ave/MacNab St Feasibility Plan(PDF, 386.67 KB)
Concession St/ Mountain Brow Blvd - Upper Gage Ave to Oakcrest Dr	Multi-use Path	Design	Capital Project
DeWitt Rd - Barton St to Midway St	New bicycle lanes	Design	Capital Project
Dundurn St - Lamoreaux St & Baker St	Controlled Crossing	Design
Emerson St/Whitney Ave - Main St to Whitney Ave, Emerson St to Main St	Bicycle Lanes	Design	Emerson St Feasibility Plan(PDF, 897.06 KB)
Highland Rd - Winterberry Dr to Glenhollow Rd	Barrier Enhancements	Construction	Capital Project
Highland Rd - Glenhollow Rd to First Rd	Barrier Enhancements	Construction	Capital Project
Inverness Ave - Upper James St to Upper Wellington St	New bicycle lanes	Design	Inverness Ave Feasibility Plan(PDF, 642.75 KB)
John St - Guise St to Stratchan St	Cycle track	Construction	John St Feasibility Plan(PDF, 542.58 KB)
Main St (Ainslie Woods) - Whitney Ave to Filman Rd	Barrier Enhancements	Planning
Nebo Rd - Rymal Rd to Twenty Rd	Multi-use Path	Design	Capital Project
Pearl - Kent Bike Boulevard - Pearl/Kent Bike Boulevard, Amelia St to Canada St.	Bike Boulevard	Design	Video: Pearl-Kent Info Session
Stone Church Rd - Arbour Rd to Upper Redhill	Painted Buffer/Multi-use Path	Design	Stone Church Rd Feasibility Plan(PDF, 388.25 KB)
Stone Church Rd - Stonehenge Rd to Upper Paradise Rd	Barrier Enhancements	Design
Stonehenge Rd - Southcote Dr to Stone Church Rd	Buffered Bicycle Lanes	Design	Stonehenge Rd Feasibility Plan(PDF, 469.4 KB)
Southcote Rd - Garner Rd to Hwy 403	Multi-use Path	Construction	Capital Project
Upper Paradise Rd - Stone Church Rd to Rymal Rd	Bicycle Lanes	Complete	Upper Paradise Feasibility Plan(PDF, 482.44 KB)
Victoria Ave S/Stinson St - Hunter St to Rail Trail/Victoria Ave to West St	Cycle tracks	Design	Video: Victoria Presentation Victoria Ave S/Stinson St Feasibility Plan(PDF, 790.38 KB)
West 5th - Brow to Fennell Ave	Multi-use Path	Tendering	West 5th Feasibility Plan(PDF, 712.11 KB)
West 5th - Fennell Ave to Governor's Blvd	Multi-use Path	Design
York Blvd - Dundurn St to City Limits	Barrier Enhancements	Planning
York Blvd/Cannon St - Dundurn St to Caroline St/York Rd to James St	Barrier Enhancements	Design	Capital Project

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Maintenance of Bike Lanes/Multi-use Trails

Roadway	Infrastructure Type	Project Stage	Additional Info
Barton St - Redhill Valley Pkwy to Centennial Pkwy	Bicycle lanes	Planning
Birch Ave - Burlington St to Wilson St	Multi-use trail	Planning
Burlington St - Wellington St to Parkdale Ave	Various	Planning
Butler Powerline Trail - Limeridge Rd to Rymal Rd	Multi-use trail	Planning
Delawana Dr/Kentley Dr - Nash Rd to Lake Ave		Planning
Dundas St (Waterdown) - Hwy 6 to Hamilton St/Avonsyde Blvd		Planning
East Mountain Trail Loop - Winterberry Dr/Highland Rd/Upper Redhill Pkwy		Planning
Ferguson Ave - Barton St to Dock Service Rd	Connection enhancement	Planning
First Rd - Mud St to Bedrock Dr		Planning
Gage Ave - Barton St to Beach Rd	Buffer enhancements	Planning
Gatesbury Park Trail - Niska Dr/Boulding Ave/Skinner Rd	Multi-use path	Planning
Greenhill Ave/Mount Albion Rd - Harrisford St to Mt. Albion Rd	Connection enhancement	Planning
Green Mountain Rd - First Rd to Upper Centennial Pkwy	Bicycle lanes	Planning
Hwy 8 (Dundas) - CN rail bridge to Bond St	Paved shoulders, Bicycle lanes	Planning
Hwy 8 (Stoney Creek) - King St to Dewitt Rd	Cycle track	Planning
Kitty Murray Lane - Golf Link Rd to Garner Rd	Bicycle lanes	Planning
Lawrence Rd	Buffer Enhancements	Design	Lawrence Rd Feasibility Plan(PDF, 1.08 MB)
Limeridge Rd - Bonaventure Dr to Hawkridge Ave	Bicycle lanes	Design
Longwood Rd - King St to Aberdeen Ave	Cycle track	Planning
North Waterdown Rd - Sadielou Blvd & Centre Rd	Multi-use path	Design
Pipeline Trail - Brampton St to Grace Ave	Multi-use trail	Planning
Shaver Estates Trail - Brooking Crt to Hamilton Dr		Planning
Sterling Ave - Forsyth Ave E to King St W	Bicycle lanes
Terryberry Rd - Rymal Rd to Dalgleish Trail	Multi-use path	Planning
Upper Wentworth St - Concession St to Fennell Ave	Bicycle lanes	Planning
Victoria Ave - Ferrie St to Birge St		Planning
Waterdown (new streets) - Nisbet Blvd/Sadielou Blvd/Skinner Rd/Wimberly Ave/Burke St		Planning

Cannon St - James St to Sherman Ave - Buffer Enhancements
Delaware Ave/Maplewood Ave - Wentworth St to Gage Ave - Buffer Enhancements
Herkimer St/Charlton Ave - Queen St to MacNab St, Hess St to James St - Additional Planters
John St - Guise St to Stratchan St - Buffer Enhancements
King St - Stoney Brook Dr to Hwy 8 - Bicycle Lanes
Locke St - Main St to Hunter St - Buffer Enhancements
Shamrock Park - Corktown Park to Ferguson Ave - Bicycle Path
Upper Paradise Rd - 260m south of Mohawk Rd W to Sanatorium Rd - Buffer Enhancements
Victoria Ave - Cannon St to Hunter St - Cycle Track
Wilson St - Rousseaux St to Filman Rd - Barrier Enhancements
York Rd - York Rd to Watsons Lane - Multi-use Path

Cannon St - between Hess St to James St – Buffer enhancements
Creighton Rd - between Governors St and Market St – Bicycle lanes
Echovalley Dr - Mud St to Stockbridge Garden – Design Modification
Hatt St - John St to Baldwin St - Separated Bicycle Lanes
Hunter St - MacNab St Catharine St to Park St - Cycle Track
King St - Dundurn St to Paradise Rd – Barrier Enhancements
Paramount Dr - Old Mud St & Atlas St - Buffer Enhancements
Stone Church Rd: Golf Links to Omni Blvd – Buffer Enhancements
York Blvd - Dundurn Castle Entrance to Hess St – Barrier Enhancements
Victoria Ave - Cannon St to Copeland Ave – Cycle Track
Stone Church Rd @ Garth St - Connection Enhancement
Strachan St East - James to Ferguson - Multi-use Path
Leavitt Blvd - Dundas St to Brow – Buffered Bicycle Lanes
Dalgleish Trail - Bellagio Ave to Regional Rd 56 - Multi-use Path

Bay Street - between Hunter Street & Charlton Ave, additional buffer bollards
Beach Boulevard - Eastport Drive to Van Wagner’s Beach Road, an eastbound bicycle lane painted
Britannia Avenue - between Cannon Street/ Barons Avenue & Walter Avenue, bicycle lanes painted
Cannon Street - between Sherman Avenue & the stadium, bicycle lanes painted
Heritage Green Sports Park - at Echovalley Drive, a multi-use trail
Herkimer/Charlton - planters added in painted buffer to increase safety
Hwy 8 crossing the escarpment - between Greensville (Park Avenue) & Dundas (CN rail bridge), some paved shoulders and a wider climbing lane
Hunter Street - at Queen Street, bicycle path from Canada Street and signal modifications
Hunter Street - Queen Street to Park Street & Catharine Street to Liberty Street, addition of a barrier
Hunter Street - Liberty Street to the Keddy Access Trail, bicycle lanes painted with a buffer
Keddy Access Trail (along the Claremont Access) – between Hunter Street & West 5th Street, a multi-use trail constructed
Locke Street - between King Street & Hunter Street, bicycle lanes painted with some buffer
Melvin Avenue - between Walter Avenue & Woodward Avenue, bicycle lanes painted
Napier Street - at Queen Street, a new signal
Stone Church Road - between Dartnall Road & Anchor Road, a multi-use path constructed
Victoria Avenue - between Burlington Street & Ferrie Street, bicycle lanes painted with two-way conversion

Avonsyde Boulevard - between Parkside Drive & Dundas Street, a multi-use trail constructed
Cannon Street - between James Steet & Sherman Avenue, rehabilitation of existing cycle track
Echovalley Drive - between Stockbridge Gardens & Mud Street, bicycle lanes constructed
Governor’s Road - between Davidson Boulevard & Creighton Road, bicycle lanes west of Moss Boulevard & a bicycle path easterly
Locke Street - between George Street & Hunter Street, bicycle lanes painted
Parkside Drive - between Hollybush Drive & Main Street, bicycle lanes constructed
Rymal Road - between Spadara Drive & Garth Street & Hazelton Avenue, a bicycle path constructed beside the sidewalk

Brock Road - between Concession 4 W & Harvest Road, paved shoulders constructed
Delaware Avenue/Maplewood Avenue - bicycle lanes painted
Gage Avenue - between Industrial Drive & Lawrence Road, bicycle lanes painted
Scenic Drive - West 35th Street & Colquhoun Crescent, bicycle lanes painted
Sydenham Road - between Highway 5 & Romar Drive (the Brow), paved shoulders constructed

Bay Street - between Stuart Street & Aberdeen Avenue, bike lanes/cycle track painted
Chippawa Rail Trail Connection at Stone Church Road - a multi-use trail access constructed
Garth Street - between Rymal Road & Twenty Road, bike lanes painted
Longwood Road - between Franklin Avenue & King Street, southbound bike lane painted
Upper Sherman Avenue - between Stone Church Road & Rymal Road, bike lanes constructed
Wilson Street - between Hamilton Drive & Seminole Road, bike lanes constructed

Garth Street - between Stone Church Road & Rymal Road, a bike path beside the sidewalk constructed
Upper Sherman Avenue - between Limeridge Road & Stone Church Road, bike lanes constructed
Regional Road 56 - between Cemetery Road & Southbrook Drive, bike lanes constructed
Wentworth Street - between Delaware Avenue & the Escarpment Rail Trail, bike lanes painted
Rice Avenue - between Sanatorium Road & Wendover Drive, bike lanes painted
Wilson Street - between Seminole Road & Fiddler’s Green Road, a combination of bike lanes and sharrows painted
Isaac Brock Drive - bike lanes painted
Limeridge Road - between Birchview Drive & Upper Ottawa Street, sharrows painted
Winterberry Drive - a southbound bike lane and northbound sharrows between Paramount Drive & Highland Road
Highland Road - between Winterberry Drive & Upper Centennial Parkway, bike lanes painted
Upper Red Hill Parkway - between Stone Church Road & Rymal Road, a multi-use trail opened
Rymal Road - a multi-use trail connecting Pritchard Road & Trinity Church Road
Charlton Avenue - between James Street & Dundurn Street, a westbound bike lane painted
Herkimer Street - between Dundurn Street & MacNab Street, an eastbound bike lane painted

Centre Rd - paved shoulders between Woodend Drive & Carlisle Road
Cannon Street - between Gage Avenue & Kenilworth Avenue/Barons Avenue, bike lanes painted
King Street - between Battlefield Drive & Elm Avenue, sharrows painted
Mountain Brow Boulevard - between the Kimberly Stairs & Mohawk Road, multi-use trail constructed
Queensdale Avenue - between Upper Wellington Street & Upper Sherman Avenue, sharrows painted
West 5th Street - between Limeridge Road & Stone Church Road, painted

Cannon Street - between Lottridge Street & Gage Avenue, painted
York Boulevard - between Dundurn Street & Hess Street, painted
Cannon Street cycle track - between Hess Street and Sherman Avenue, painted
A multi-use trail along the south side of Aberdeen Avenue between Longwood Road and Glenside Avenue constructed
Twenty Road - between Nebo Road & Glover Road, completed
Bay Street - between Bayfront Park (Strachan Street) & Stuart Street, painted
Hunter Street - two segments installed in June 2014: Queen Street to MacNab Street and Catharine Street to Liberty Street
Main Street - a two-way bike path behind the existing sidewalk between the bridge over Hwy 403 & Frid Street
Longwood Road - a two-way bike path behind the existing sidewalk between Frid Street & Aberdeen Avenue

Sanatorium Road - between Scenic Drive & Rice Avenue
Burlington Street - a multi-use trail along the south side of the street between Gage Avenue & Ottawa Street completed
Binbrook Road - between Royal Winter Drive & Road #56, completed
Young Street - between Ferguson Avenue & Wellington Street, painted
West 5th Street - between Marlowe Drive & Limeridge Road (including reconstruction of existing bike lanes) completed
King Street - between Westdale Village (Cline Avenue) & Macklin Street, plus westerly of Haddon Avenue painted
Hwy 8 (Stoney Creek) - between Dewitt Road & Glover Road, completed
Queensdale Avenue - between Upper Wellington Street & Upper Wentworth Street (pilot), painted

King Street - between Paradise Road & Breadalbane Street, reconstruction & extension of the two-way cycling facility
Main Street - between Macklin Street & Frid Street, now a two-way cycling facility over Hwy 403, painted
Burke Street in Waterdown - south side of Dundas Street (former Hwy 5), painted
Victoria Avenue - northbound only, between Ferrie Street & Barton Street, painted
West 5th Street - between Mohawk College entrance (Governors Boulevard) & Mohawk Road, wider curb lanes with sharrows, painted
Fall Fair Way and Bradley Avenue in Binbrook, painted
Woodward Avenue - between Beach Boulevard & Brampton Street, painted
Fifty Road - between McCollum Road (the lakeshore) & North Service Road, painted
Burlington Street - westbound only, between Wellington Street & Ferguson Avenue, painted
Dundurn Street - between York Boulevard & King Street, painted

A multi-use trail over Hwy 403 south of Main Street between Leland Street & Studholme Road, opened. An extension of the Hamilton-Brantford Rail Trail.
Wilson Street Hill - between Lower Lions Club Road & Rousseaux Street, resurfacing of the bike lanes where required
Trinity Church Road - between Rymal Road & Pinehill Drive, painted
Pinehill Drive - between Dakota Boulevard & Fletcher Road, painted
Stinson Street - between Victoria Avenue & Wentworth Street, painted
Dock Service Road - between Catharine Street & Ferguson Avenue, painted
Jolley Cut - an up-bound bike lane from the start of the bridge to Concession Street
Upper Wellington Street - between Stone Church Road & Rymal Road
A multi-use trail over the QEW by the Red Hill Valley, opened

Woodward Avenue - between Brampton Street & Melvin Avenue, painted
Stone Church Road - between Garth Street & Upper James Street (the "missing link" in the full length of Stone Church Road) painted
York Boulevard - between Queen Street & James Street, painted
A multi-use trail over the LINC/RHVP near Albion Falls, completed
Longwood Road - between King Street & Main Street, painted and existing Longwood Road bike lanes resurfaced north of Franklin Avenue to Princess Point
Dundurn Street - between Main Street & Aberdeen Avenue, painted
Paramount Drive and Winterberry Drive (north of Paramount Drive) in the Heritage Green neighbourhood
King Street - between Nash Road & Battlefield Drive
Sanders Boulevard - between West Park Avenue & Cootes Drive
North Service Road - a well defined cycling route, comprised of a combination of on-street bike routes, on-street painted bike lanes, and off-road multi-use trails, between Confederation Park and Fifty Point Conservation Area
York Boulevard - on-street bike lanes between Dundurn Street and the City of Burlington border
Ferguson Avenue bike lanes, including on the new bridge north of Barton Street
Stone Church Road - continued implementation of on-street bike lanes implemented in many sections, including between Upper James Street and Upper Wellington Street and east of Pritchard Road
King Street - between Pottruff Road and Nash Road
Bicycle-Friendly Stairs - constructed from Kimberly Drive up to Mountain Brow Boulevard
Bike Racks in various BIAs
Eastport Drive Lift Bridge - a bicycle-friendly stairway has been built on the Hamilton side of the bridge as well as a paved trail leading from the stairway to the Beach Trail
Sterling Street - on-street bike lanes
Longwood Road North - on-street bike and pedestrian lanes
Upper Paradise Road - on-street bike lanes

Barton Street (Nash Road to Centennial Parkway) - relocation of utilities/poles impeded the project
Greenhill Avenue - Mount Albion Road to King Street - insufficient community support
Mohawk Road (McNiven Road to Filman Road) - wider asphalt platform was not included in the resurfacing
Nash Road - insufficient community support
Queensdale Avenue (Upper Gage Avenue to Upper Ottawa Street) - insufficient community support
Ridge Road (McNeilly Road to the Niagara border) - new paved shoulders are narrower than planned due to site restrictions
Sunnyridge Road (Hwy 403 to Wilson Street) - a wider platform to accommodate paved shoulders could not be achieved at this time
Trinity Church Road (south of existing bike lanes to Golf Club Road) - limited funding prohibited paved shoulders

Cycling infrastructure includes both bike lanes and multi-use trails.

Who Does What?

Bike lanes within the paved portion of the roadway are maintained as part of the street network by Road Operations.
Signage, pavement markings, and traffic signals are maintained by Traffic Operations & Engineering.
Multi-use trails are part of the parks and open space system, and are maintained by Parks Maintenance.

Typically, the multi-use trails that are maintained by the City are owned by the City of Hamilton. There are other trails within the city that are owned and maintained by other organizations, such as the Hamilton Conservation Authority.

Winter maintenance - The City provides winter maintenance of bike lanes within the paved portion of the roadway. Select multi-use trails are ploughed in winter.

Rural resurfacing - In rural areas, the annual road resurfacing process makes cycling a challenge for one or two months afterwards.

Call 905-546-2489 to report a road maintenance concern

Email [email protected] to report a trail maintenance concern

Date modified

March 08, 2023