Notice of Study Commencement & PIC 1 for Water, Wastewater and Stormwater Master Plan & Strategic Transportation Network Review

Water, Wastewater & Stormwater

The City of Hamilton has initiated a strategic and comprehensive growth planning and infrastructure master planning study to provide a basis for decision making to shape the City’s future growth. The study will determine the short and long-term water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure needs to support growth to the year 2041 with consideration for 2041 to 2051 growth in the urban boundary expansion areas.

The integrated Master Plans will:

• Provide a strategic vision for the 2041 and 2051 planning horizons to accommodate future growth, and ensure safe, clean drinking water and environmental protection
• Ensure safe, sustainable and optimized water and wastewater services
• Provide a business case for the need, timing and cost of water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure in an integrated process

Transportation

The City of Hamilton is undertaking a Strategic Transportation Network Review to support growth to the year 2041 with consideration for 2041 to 2051 growth in the urban boundary expansion areas. This review will identify supporting transportation infrastructure requirements and will provide inputs to the 2023 Development Charges By-Law update. The transportation inputs will update the road, transit, and active transportation networks developed as part of the 2018 Transportation Master Plan (TMP) and also include potential projects to support growth in new urban boundary expansion areas. The Strategic Transportation Network Review will:

• Align with the 2018 TMP vision and desired outcomes
• Include other supporting transportation infrastructure such as maintenance facilities
• Include the anticipated timing of each project
• Include updated costs of each project

How are these Studies being undertaken?

The Water, Wastewater and Stormwater Master Plans, and Strategic Transportation Network Review are being completed following the Master Planning process as set out in the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (EA) document (October 2000, as amended in 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2023), which is an approved process under the Ontario Environmental Assessment Act (EAA). This approach involves the preparation of a Master Plan document that satisfies Phase 1 and 2 of the Class EA process. Further investigation and consultation may apply to projects identified per the EAA requirements.

How to Participate

The City wishes to ensure that anyone with an interest in this study has the opportunity to be involved and to provide input. Opportunities for input will include two rounds of Public Information Centres (PICs) as well as direct consultation. To better engage City residents and stakeholders in ongoing projects and initiatives, the City of Hamilton has launched Engage Hamilton; an interactive online space dedicated to public engagement. All project news, updates and public participation will take place via the Engage Hamilton sites: https://engage.hamilton.ca/wwsmasterplan & https://engage.hamilton.ca/stnr

Public Information Centre No. 1

We invite you to join us at Public Information Centre #1. A live virtual event will be hosted on May 9, 2023 that will include PIC display panels and a walkthrough of their content. There will be an opportunity to submit questions regarding the projects for the two-week period prior to the event that may be answered live. Additional questions and comments received during and after the PIC event will be formally responded to by the project team in the form of an FAQ document that will be posted on the project webpage. A recording of the live event will also be published on the project webpage.

If accessible materials are required, please contact City Staff noted below. If you wish to submit comments or would like to be added to the project mailing list for future project notifications, please contact:

Information provided in response to this notice will be collected in accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. With the exception of personal information, all comments will become part of the public record.

Note – an original Notice of Commencement and PIC #1 for Water, Wastewater and Stormwater Master Plans was first issued on March 3, 2021. The original PIC was scheduled for March 17, 2021. The event was subsequently cancelled, and a cancellation notice was issued on March 10, 2021.

This notice was issued on April 25, and May 2, 2023.