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Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Bonhill Blvd Road closure must be extended one week, to March 21/25, weather dependent.

City of Hamilton ends Significant Weather Event declaration

^{The City has officially ended the Significant Weather Event declaration that was issued on Saturday, February 15, 2025, at 12:00 p.m.}

This declaration is now lifted as of Wednesday, February 26, at 9:00 a.m. With the end of the declaration, the 24-hour clock to complete clean up from this current storm is now active.

The City of Hamilton declared a Significant Weather Event due to significant snow accumulation forecasted over a 24-hour period in combination with high winds.

As per the Ontario Municipal Act, Ont. Reg. 239/02, a municipality may declare a Significant Weather Event when a weather hazard, either forecasted or occurring, has the potential to pose significant impacts to road users on roads maintained by the City of Hamilton.

City service impacts related to the weather event can be found here.

The City of Hamilton would like to thank all residents for their patience during this time.

Additional Resources:

Snow – http://www.hamilton.ca/Snow

Plow Tracker – http://www.hamilton.ca/PlowTracker

Winter Driving – http://www.hamilton.ca/WinterDriving

Sidewalk Snow Clearing – http://www.hamilton.ca/SidewalkSnowClearing

City is currently experiencing high volume of call volumes on our telephony infrastructure. 

In order to create some capacity on the phone system we are asking that all staff to minimize or avoid using virtual phones for outbound calling during this peak usage period. Please consider using work cell phones for outbound calls or deferring internal outbound calls via virtual phones and physical phones to mitigate impacts to incoming calls.

We are experiencing high volumes related to Property Tax, Transit Operations, Waste, and Parking related inquiries.