Over 50 residents attend New-Drury road work meeting

It was a great turnout at the Feb. 22, 2016 public meeting where residents learned about the road work project starting this year on New Street, Drury Lane, Prospect Street, Courtland Drive, Tallman Avenue and Stinson Avenue. View the PowerPoint presentation from the meeting on the City’s dedicated webpage for this project: http://www.burlington.ca/en/services-for-you/street-improvements-near-new-street-and-drury-lane.asp. The intersection […]

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Mitch Banks: Bike Lanes on New Street is a dumber idea than bike lanes on Appleby and Walker's Line. I walk the…

Budget, Infrastructure, Taxes & spending, Transit & Roads

Budget invests in infrastructure/transit; Increase approved for 3.64%, 2.06% overall

Marianne Meed Ward ⋅

Burlington’s 2015 budget was approved 6-1 with a 3.64% tax increase. When blended with educational and regional taxes, which make up roughly two-thirds of the tax bill, the overall increase is 2.06%. Staff had initially proposed a budget with an overall increase of 3.55%, with enhancements to infrastructure, transit, storm water management and some cultural initiatives. […]

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James Brown: In my opinion the actions of council, and by extension all of City Hall, are nothing short of criminal. The…
Bob Prociuk: Marianne. In your update you stated that the city anticipated budget increases in the range of 3.5% to 4.0% for…
Isabel Cummings: Thank you most sincerely Marianne for this communication. When the Provincial Government a few years back dumped $200,000,000. yes is…
Charlie Schwartz: In responding to this years budget - regarding BPAC, when is this out of control which we HAD to have…

Arts & Culture, Budget, Bylaw enforcement & policing, Community Services, Infrastructure, Leadership, Taxes & spending, Transit & Roads

Win some votes, lose some. We’ve all been there. Now it will be recorded.

Marianne Meed Ward ⋅

Residents tease me sometimes as the “Queen of the 6-1 vote” because I’ve been on the losing end of some high profile votes covered by the press. I take the ribbing in the good natured way it’s intended, knowing residents expect me to stand up for them. To quote the anonymous proverb “If you don’t […]

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Kevin Ross: I am quite taken aback that vote counts and voting in general is not recorded... What ? But, to the…
John: "You will miss every shot you don't take" A great quote from Wayne Gretzky and we will never know how…

Infrastructure

Watermain replacement – Plains & Queensway

Marianne Meed Ward ⋅

The Region of Halton will undertake watermain replacement on Plains Rd. and Queensway Dr. beginning this month. The work should take approximately one month to complete. For questions or concerns, please contact Melvin Gonzalez at 905-825-6000, ext 3285 or by email at [email protected].

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Community engagement, Flood 2014, Infrastructure, Weather

Burlington Flood Relief: The need, how you can help and where the money goes

Marianne Meed Ward ⋅

Imagine you are sitting comfortably in your home listening to the rain fall, and very quickly your basement fills up with water and raw sewage. There’s a knock at the door. It’s emergency personnel – the power has to be cut – electricity and water don’t mix. Your heating and cooling systems don’t work – […]

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Ken Colombo: I am deeply concerned that Burlington residents MIGHT NOT meet the required CONTRIBUTION THRESHHOLD to cover the FULL DAMAGES. I…
Joan Turbitt: My heart goes ut to everyone who had damage from the flood. After this past winter's ice storm I can…

Community engagement, Downtown, Infrastructure, Transit & Roads

Bike lanes on New St? Public meeting Dec. 5

Marianne Meed Ward ⋅

New Street from Martha Street to Guelph Line is scheduled for resurfacing in 2015, which provides an opportunity to enhance cycling, for example adding bike lanes or painted “sharrows.” City Transportation staff and I will be hosting a community workshop Dec. 5 to to get your feedback on several options to enhance cycling here. You can also provide your feedback by phone or email by Jan. 6.

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Heidi: I support putting in bike lanes for New St. It's an easy commuting section and will help get folks downtown…
Heidi: @christopherpaulwatts:disqus - you're not likely to see many cyclists on New as it's a little scary for a cyclist to…
Christopher Paul Watts: Please not again. I just drove around Burlington for half the day, including up and down New Street. I didn't…
- Chris Ariens: Funny...I saw about 6 bikes out today during my 15 minute commute. We are not in the good old days…
- Bert Armstrong: As with most issues, there are pros and cons....The Centennial path is very good as far as it goes, but…
Chris Ariens: The existing Centennial Bike Path does not go to Central Park or the Library. New Street does go to these…
Merlin: Use the existing paved Centennial Bike Path. Why complicate New St.

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Downtown & Waterfront, Infrastructure

Hydro burial, upgrades & cost-sharing proposed for downtown

Marianne Meed Ward ⋅

Recent downtown developments have revealed the need for upgrades to hydro service in the downtown

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Penny Hersh: I support hydro burial downtown. However, I do not think that it should fall to the taxpayer to pay for…

Infrastructure

Drury Lane Bridge reconstruction approved

Marianne Meed Ward ⋅

Great news – on Feb. 21, city council approved the interim repairs for the Drury Lane pedestrian bridge. That will get the bridge back in service by this summer and extend its life for another five years while we plan for a longer term pedestrian connection over the CN tracks.

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