Projects and Initiatives

The Halton District School Board, the Burlington Public Library and the City of Burlington are getting ready to begin construction on the Alton High School, Library and Community Centre and Norton Community Park Campus. The three groups have formed a partnership with construction of the project scheduled to begin late this summer and to be completed in September 2013.

Changes at the Appleby Ice Centre have been completed to give residents much needed new ice and play space. The Appleby expansion adds an additional 66,000 square feet (6,132 square metres) and two 200 by 85 foot (61 by 26 square metre) ice pads to the facility. 

The City of Burlington, the Regional Municipality of Halton and Conservation Halton are jointly developing an updated master plan for the Burlington Beach Regional Waterfront Park.

The Brant Street Pier will be a signature destination and attraction in Spencer Smith Park at The Waterfront at Downtown Burlington. The pier will extend 132 metres over Lake Ontario and will provide breathtaking views of the lake and Burlington’s shoreline.

The City of Burlington is partnering with the BurlingtonGreen Environmental Association to operate an allotment garden. It will be located in Central Park, north of the parking lot at Central Arena. The construction has started and will continue this fall, for opening in Spring 2012. Please visit http://www.burlingtongreen.org/ for more information.

Report PR-22-11: Community Gardens Site Options

Report PR-38-11: Community Gardens Operating Model

In 2009, the City was fortunate to receive Infrastructure Stimulus Funding to improve the Hydro Corridor Multi-use Path and Centennial Multi-use Path.  These improvement projects are now complete.

This project involves the addition of a modern Building Automation System (BAS) across the city’s building stock. This is a computerized, intelligent network of electronic devices. The system works to monitor and control the heating, ventilation, air-conditioning and refrigeration as well as lighting systems in a building. The objective is to install a system that helps the city control energy use, become more environmentally responsible and avoid unnecessary energy costs.

The new fire station at 1827 Ironstone Drive meets the needs of our growing city. Called fire station eight, the new facility helps to ensure the city can continue to provide fast, efficient and effective emergency response. The attractive building offers additional community benefits, too. While it will resemble three other Burlington fire stations, the 7,200 square foot (669 square metre) building will achieve LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver certification for its environmentally sensitive construction features that deliver energy savings of up to 60 per cent.

The one-storey building will have a drive-through apparatus bay, dorm rooms, kitchen and locker rooms. Construction work began in July 2010.

The community group Friends of Freeman Station is working to find a final location for this historic railway station.  

This project offers families and individuals new ways to enjoy the outdoors, be more active and to stay fit. The work at the park includes improvements to the existing trails in this important urban woodlot and park works on the east area of the park.

Work is now complete at Kiwanis, DesJardines and Longmoor Parks.

The Nelson arena and pool is a popular city recreation destination for families and sports teams. Changes have been completed to ensure the facility meets the needs of a growing number of users, year-round.

The expansion and renovation is environmentally conscious. It will offer added efficiency in energy and water use. Construction was completed November 10, 2010. For more information please see the Project Completion Notice (PDF).

This is an exciting new 67-hectare (166-acre) park that is planned to be constructed in phases. The park is designed to meet the needs of Burlington residents young and old, for years to come. It is surrounded by the natural beauty of the Niagara Escarpment.

This City is developing a new park at the northeast corner of Tim Dobbie Drive and Dundas Street in the Alton Community. Norton Community Park located directly across the street from the upcoming Alton Community Centre and Library.

This project will convert a natural grass senior soccer field to an artificial turf field. Artificial turf fields provide for a consistent, reliable playing surface and increases community use of the field.

The planned improvements will enhance the community organizations ability to deliver their programs on an improved sport field surface without the interruptions of service related to poor weather. This project will include perimeter fencing and an area for spectator seating.

This project started early July and is anticipated to be completed by late-September, 2010.

For further information, please contact Parks and Recreation at (905) 335-7738.

Construction of Palladium Park, a new neighbourhood park located in the north Alton community, is now complete. Palladium Park is approximately 2.0 hectares in size.

The Spencer Smith Park Seawall provides shoreline protection along the length of Spencer Smith Park. The original structure was built in 1915, as an offshore breakwater to protect Lakeshore Road. In the 1960’s, the area between the breakwater and Lakeshore Road was filled to create Spencer Smith Park. In the late 1990’s, the breakwater was reconstructed including the addition of a steel sheet pile wall to create the seawall as it exists today.

To ensure the integrity and longevity of the seawall and to plan for any required capital improvements, the City has commissioned yearly inspections since 2003 to monitor its condition and identify any areas in need of repair. This has included above water inspections on a yearly basis and below water inspections every 2-3 years.

In early October, a below and above water inspection will be carried out. The inspections will be performed by a dive team, operating primarily from a workboat alongside the seawall. The inspections will take approximately 1 week to complete.

This project provides Burlington Transit with a modernized facility that will help deliver better customer service and maintain and use its fleet more efficiently. The facility is central to all functions of Burlington Transit, including operations, vehicle maintenance and administration.

Virtually every aspect of the project will provide an improved customer experience; from new technology needed to make service information more accessible and faster, to an upgraded bus dispatch room, and added capacity to quickly clean and repair its fleet.  

The creation of the interchange at Highway 403 and Waterdown Road has been completed. This initiative, which was an important project for the west end of Burlington for many years, will create an off-ramp from the westbound 403 to Waterdown Road and an eastbound on-ramp onto the highway through the Aldershot GO Station.