Hundreds of residents have signed a “Fix the HSR” petition launched by Environment Hamilton, but so far city councillors don’t appear to be listening.
The climate crisis has worsened with more record temperatures, increasing damages and scary weather patterns especially in the arctic.
This is a regular CATCH summary of votes at committee and council meetings. This report covers the month of October 2016.
Surprising support for the proposal to toll Toronto-owned highways like the Gardiner Expressway and the Don Valley Parkway could herald the revival of the idea in Hamilton where staff have historically favoured similar charges on the Lincoln Alexander and Red Hill parkways.
Citizens are moving to ensure that ward boundaries are redrawn before the next city elections after city council again delayed a decision and instead invited individual councillors to suggest amendments to options prepared by an independent consultant.
Over 450 people came out last week for a two-hour public session with the mayor of Burlington, key staff and two world-renowned urban experts who are bluntly advocating a dramatic shift in the lakeside city toward walking, cycling and transit.
Water rates are set to climb nearly five percent in January and are projected to keep rising faster than inflation for at least another decade.
This is a regular CATCH summary of votes at committee and council meetings. This report covers the month of September 2016.
The city is increasingly worrying about tens of millions in promised benefits from privatizing the airport management that are now long overdue and looking more and more shaky.
Hamilton’s extended debate begs the question why Queen’s Park remains willing to spend a billion dollars for light rail transit across the lower city.
The National Energy Board hearings on Enbridge’s Line 10 pipeline have concluded after a large protest rally and a violent clash inside the Crowne Plaza hotel when a small group attempting to attend the closed door process were blocked by about 15 police officers.
Oil spills; Modelling activism; Media awards
As the deadline looms for input on changes to the provincial Greenbelt and Growth Plan, land developers and municipalities, citizen groups and individuals are making their final arguments.
A plan to help homeowners cut their energy bills with a city-run program is being pushed by ward three councillor Matthew Green along with climate campaigners at Environment Hamilton.
This is a regular CATCH summary of votes at committee and council meetings. This report covers the month of August 2016.
It was appropriate that this week’s all-day visit to Hamilton by Ontario’s environmental watchdog was hosted by the local watchdog which is celebrating its fifteenth anniversary this year with a dinner and concert featuring Sarah Harmer.
The embattled National Energy Board opens hearings in Hamilton in mid-October on an Enbridge oil pipeline proposal that runs 35 kilometres across the city’s rural area between Westover and Nebo Road.
A McMaster researcher is warning that Hamilton households are susceptible to the lead poisoning problems that have afflicted drinking water in Flint, Michigan and other US cities over the past two years.
Bus fares are up again and assistance for low-income riders has been reduced, but Hamilton has plenty of free transit service if you know how to get it and are travelling to the right places at the right time.
The city is still pushing for lands to be removed from the Greenbelt and it is also opposing higher densities in new developments and greater intensification targets proposed by the province.