LRT Enabling Works

The "Enabling Works" phase, also known as "early works," includes essential underground projects being completed before major LRT construction begins. These targeted projects take place in or near sections of the LRT corridor and are designed to prepare the way for the main construction phase. By completing this work early, we can reduce time and complexities for the LRT contractor when major construction starts.

Funded by Metrolinx, some of these projects are being delivered through City of Hamilton contracts. The City has coordinated these enabling works with planned capital improvements to City infrastructure, ensuring cost-effective delivery for both Metrolinx and the City while minimizing construction disruption for the community.

City enabling projects for LRT planned for the 2024 and 2025 construction seasons include:

• A 500mm trunk watermain on Wentworth Street from King Street to Wilson Street
• Lowering a 1200mm trunk watermain on Nash Road under the future guideway at the Queenston Road intersection
• Relocating a 1200mm trunk watermain from Queenston Road to a new alignment on Rosewood Road and Main Street East
• Multiple trunk watermains on Main Street East from Grosvenor Avenue to London Street

City enabling projects already completed include:

• A 300mm watermain on Sherman Avenue from Cumberland Avenue to Wilson Street