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Participatory Budgeting – Voting opens March 27
Voting for 2017 Ward 1 Participatory Budgeting opens on March 27, running until April 20! For more details, please see the forWardOne...Member Letters Regarding LRT
Below are letters to the SCC President from our members regarding the position this council should take on Hamilton’s LRT project. Please consider an SCC statement in support of Hamilton LRT. The transformation of our busy corridors will almost certainly address many neighbourhood concerns; excess vehicle lane capacity will be reallocated, Main Street will become 2 way, transit will gain priority as a travel mode, through trucks could be re-routed, speeding and noise will be reduced, underused properties will be redeveloped, to name a few. The inconvenience and disturbance of construction is easily tolerable when considering the outcome will be street repurposed with rapid transit, supporting increased density, improved land use, more efficient and environmentally sound travel options, greater neighbourhood vitality, and a renewed public realm. LRT will help Strathcona overcome its most negative elements, the overbuilt urban through highways denying us a truly livable community. We must not pass up this rare opportunity of a billion dollar investment from the province. Thank you, Jason Morse We are both proponents of the LRT and accept that the city chose King St. over alternate routes. As to the LRT, it’s true that some businesses will be affected during construction, but that isn’t unique to the LRT. Even sewer or road repair is going to affect nearby businesses. Loyal customers will keep visiting their favourite stores and perhaps the SCC can encourage people across the area to buy from these businesses, as well as Strathcona residents, to share the burden placed on them. As to people walking, using buses etc., there are alternate routes and buses will have detours presumably. I...
Annual General Meeting 2014
Have you been interested in what is going on in Strathcona over the past year? Our AGM is your chance to find out.
Team Up to Clean Up
Saturday, April 25th is the Strathcona Community Council’s annual spring time neighbourhood cleanup
Request for Volunteers
Hamilton’s landmark buildings and landscapes open their doors to the public for the 11th annual Doors Open Hamilton on May 4th and 5th, 2013.