The City of Hamilton’s has failed to meet its promised timeline for repaving Dundurn Street South between King Street West and Main Street West.
The City’s July 30 rush bid for the 300-metre stretch stated the work was of the highest urgency, and needed to be complete no later than October 2. The July The tender documents called for the contract to be awarded by August 21 and for construction to begin August 31.
Instead of the work being completed by October 2, City Hall delays resulted in the contract being awarded after the deadline. According to the City’s bid website, the contract was awarded on October 6 to GIP Paving Inc. at a cost of $474,400.
The original repaving and sidewalk reconstruction was intended to be part of the City’s pre-election roads blitz, with the October 2 completion date being three weeks before the October 26 municipal election.
The City has not disclosed why the contract was awarded many weeks later than originally planned, and has provided public notice of an updated construction timeline.
The nearly half-million dollars in work will only last a few years at most. However, the need for the short-term fix is evident to anyone driving or walking along this stretch of crumbling roadway and broken sidewalks.
This portion of Dundurn Street South will be reconstructed when the B-Line light rail transit line is built, because LRT trains will use it to switch from King Street to Main Street. The trains will then operate on Main Street West between Dundurn Street and McMaster University.
Production Details
v. 1.0.0
Published: October 13, 2026
Last updated: October 13, 2026
Author: Joey Coleman
Update Record
v. 1.0.0 original version
Discussion
5 commentsNothing new, just another failure coming from City Hall.
After watching the ” Gong Show ” regarding the upcoming election with all Mayorial Candidates giving their best performances, don’t expect any great change with the next cast of clowns.
Hamilton use to be known as the “Ambitious City”. Now, it should be “Incompetence R Us”. City hall can’t count thier fingers and get the same number twice.
Nothing new with this group of clowns at City Hall. They couldn’t organize a one car funeral…It seems that nobody working there does due diligence when it comes to costing or timelines and we the taxpayers are paying the price for all their incompetence. We need a complete gut job at City Hall because the same old same old doesn’t fly or cut it any more.
Among the many roads that desperately need repaying
Remember Aidan Johnston excuse why Main St West was never repaved….the LRT is coming, why pave. Can you imagine what the potholes would be like today if they held off. Anyways good luck with the LRT “let’s raise taxes”….moving out of Hamilton before this white elephant start full tilt. Why is there no update cost using 2026 $$….the inflation since the original price has gone through the roof. Also last I heard almost 2 billion dollars of the original 3.4 billion dollar guesstimate has already been awarded and they haven’t even really started making a mess of this city.