RE-ELECT
MAUREEN WILSON

For Ward 1 Councillor

RE-ELECT
MAUREEN WILSON

For Ward 1 Councillor

Complete Housing Agenda
Invest in Public Spaces
Repair Infrastructure
Protect Natural Habitats
Safety in Sweltering CIty
Raise the Bar For Development
Strengthen Local Economies
Build Trust and Confidence

Safe Streets For All Ages and Abilities

When streets are designed to serve the interests of only motorists, we rob the city of wealth, better health, choice and environmental outcomes.

When streets are safer for our children and the aged, they are safer for everyone, including motorists driving to work or returning home to their families and friends.

We need to build a city for people by sharing and redesigning streets.

 

What We Have Done

  • Installed 40 new speed cushions 
  • Installed 2 new pedestrian crossing lights
  • Installed 8 crosswalks, 4 of which are raised crosswalks along the Rail Trail crossings.
  • Completed the conversion of Queen Street from one-way to two-way
  • Installed Bike crossing with signals at Hunter Street and multi-use, off-street connection to Canada Street
  • Put in a place a protected bike lane on Locke Street, between Main and King Streets
  • Implemented mini-jersey barrier protection for cyclists using York Blvd.
  • Implemented immediate safety enhancements to Main and King Streets
What is coming in 2022-2023
 
  •  The conversion of Main Street from one-way to two-way. (2023)
  • A Safety audit of Main & Dundurn and King & Dundurn intersections (2022)
  • Raised crosswalks for entrances to Victoria Park along Strathcona St. N and Locke St. N. (2023/24)
  • Raised crosswalk and concrete bump-out for entry to HAAA and Ryerson Middle School on Charlton Ave W at Kent St(2022)
  • A safer controlled crossing at Marion St. South and Longwood Ave at  Westdale Secondary School (2022)
  • The Queen Street conversion from one-way to two-way extended to King St (2022)
  • Multi-use trail lighting connecting Glenside and Studholme Streets through Chedoke golf course
  • Starting slow street/bike boulevard pilots for Breadalbane-Jones Streets and Pearl-Kent Streets (2022)
  • Installing a Glen Road and Bond Street concrete sidewalk extension (bump-out) for Cootes Paradise Elementary School (2022)
  • Raised crosswalks along Hamilton-Brantford Rail trail (2022) 
  • Complete Streets and Vision zero safe street review of Strathcona and Kirkendall neighbourhoods (2023)
My future commitments

  • Add electric bicycles to the Hamilton Bike Share fleet
  • Enhance local policy on cycling and walking accommodations during construction that impact crosswalks, sidewalks and bike lanes
  • Expand and connect active transportation networks
  • Establish a Walking Advisory Committee to advise on the Pedestrian Master Plan
  • Support Open Streets modelled after the City of Pittsburgh’s – a new route on the last Sunday of each summer month – for people to walk, run, bike and explore spaces within the entire roadway
  • End area-rating for transit because competitive, sustainable, and successful cities have more public transit, not less
  • Community consultation on future Hamilton LRT and seek to maximize community benefits
  • Accelerate commitment to building out the BLAST network23

Letter to Ward 1 Residents