Sustainable Developments

Introduction

I believe it is critical that Ward 3 develops in a manner that provides equitable access to core services and opportunities, with everyone able to meet their basic needs within a short walk, bike or bus ride from home. Deliberate engagement in the City’s formal planning process is key in ensuring this. This is the primary reason I joined the Planning Committee this term.

I want to ensure that the activities that make urban life liveable and enjoyable are available to all, not just concentrated in central or wealthy neighbourhoods. This includes community-scale and accessible educational and healthcare service spaces, essential retail such as grocery shops and pharmacies, parks for recreation, working spaces and more. Cities that are built sustainably where residents can find most of what they need locally enable neighbourhoods where we can:

  • Contribute to vibrant neighbourhoods and stronger communities, 

  • Generate more responsive local growth

  • Enable more viable local businesses and commerce

  • Lower emissions and more enable more active travel.

It is essential to ensure that Ward 3 communities develop in a way that enables for future generations to thrive here and continue to be neighbourhoods of choice.

Ward 3 Development Map

In this section, I am drawing your attention to development files that are significant for our neighbours to know about. They will range in status and public input opportunities. I encourage you to find the projects in your area and learn more. Or, if you think there is a significant development that needs to be brought to my attention, please write to my office about it and we can add it to this page.

My office is proud to launch an interactive map tool that enables neighbours to see where development is proposed, underway or completed. This map is broken down into two overarching categories of Residential and Non-residential. We will update this map twice a year so residents stay informed of the new development occurring in your neighbourhoods.

Major projects with transformative impact:

In #OurWard3 there are a few major projects that I classify as such as the scope is multi-billion dollar investments that have the significant potential to transform #OurWard3 for future generations. Once actualized, these developments will change this part of the city forever!

  • Hamilton LRT - a generational active transportation project that will provide a modern, low-emmission, safe, frequent, and reliable transit service, running on its own dedicated tracks, separate from regular traffic. This new transit system is more than just a way to get around - it will connect key destinations, support recreation and tourism, attract new businesses, and drive future growth along one of Hamilton's busiest routes. 

    It has already enabled the city to tend to massive infrastructure needs in water services, roadway enhancements, and public realm. There is the potential also for the LRT to provide local employment opportunities and support local businesses during construction. Stay up to date here.

  • Major Transit Station Areas - The areas surrounding existing and planned higher order transit corridors are a major focus of future growth, intensification and redevelopment. The City has completed our reviews and set the MTSA zoning radius of between 500 and 800m from the LRT stops along the entire corridor.  These amendments must be approved by the Ontario Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. While the Minister reviews, the City will also engage in public input again. The aim is to have final approved MTSAs in 2026.

  • Steelport - A project aiming to transform former steel manufacturing lands into a centre of excellence committed to a thriving multi-faceted future for Hamilton. Steelport’s vision is to balance honouring Hamilton’s industrial legacy and biodiversity with a new path at a global scale of excellence in employment lands not yet seen in our city. What struck me most was both the scale of what is possible with a focus on people and the environment. Plans for environmental remediation mean this land will not only be safe for future workers but will also reconnect Hamiltonians to 3.4 km of Lake Ontario’s waterfront—a part of the city that has been inaccessible for over a century.

    Having stood by a portion of the 1.2 km stretch of deep-water port access, I could see how this site has the potential to create up to 23,000 new jobs and contribute to the promise of $3.8 billion to Ontario’s economy over the next decade.

    This is a new chapter for Hamilton that reflects our history and a future where industrial progress can be value driven in a manner that centres ecological restoration, and community health. This redevelopment project is generational in its scale and there are many phases that will enable fulfilling this integrated vision. I will keep residents informed of major decision points as they come to Planning Committee or Council.