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Hamilton Road Corridor Streetscape Master Plan

Open House | October 4th, 2017

Agenda

1. Introductions – Agenda Overview 2. Project Background 3. Existing Conditions 4. Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) Analysis 5. Public Realm Making ‐ Objectives 6. Public Realm Making ‐ Big Moves 7. Streetscape Elements 8. Preliminary Streetscape Approach 9. Preliminary Key Intersection Intervention Concepts

• A. Hamilton/Horton
• B. Hamilton/Adelaide
• C. Hamilton/Little Hill/Mamelon
• D. Hamilton/Rectory
• E. Hamilton/Egerton/Trafalgar/Sackville
• F. Hamilton/Highbury
• 7. Discussion

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There are two components to the Hamilton Road Project:

• 1. Infrastructure Renewal – which will see new municipal services installed

along Hamilton Road from Chesley Avenue to Egerton Street and on Sackville Street in 2018;

• 2. Streetscape Master Plan – for the entire section of Hamilton Road from

Horton Street to Highbury Avenue – The Hamilton Road Streetscape Master Plan was developed in coordination with the Hamilton Community Improvement Plan, parts of this plan will be incorporated into the restoration works for the 2018 construction project.

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Project Background

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Land Use Context

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Existing Condition – Urban Grid

• 1. Street pattern with

angled lots

• 2. Dominant access

to Hamilton Road is private driveway

• 3. Lack of connection

to active transport network

• 4. Long crosswalks

from angled street patterns

• 5. Cross streets

infrequently cross through

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Existing Condition - Streetscape

• 6. Parking along lot

frontage

• 7. Lack of street

furniture

• 8. Lack of street trees
• 9. Narrow sidewalks

shared with hydro poles

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Existing Condition – Built Form

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• 13. Lack of continuous street

wall (exception: East Street)

• 11. Built form of single

detached residential

• 12. Large parking lots

at intersections

• 10. Surface parking along

boulevard frontage

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Strengths

• Arterial connection to/from Downtown
• Independent business community
• Multicultural neighbourhoods
• City open to new ideas

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Urban Design SWOT Analysis

Weaknesses

• Discontinuous street wall
• High traffic volumes and presence of heavy trucks
• Tight ROW and narrow public realm
• Auto‐dominated travel mode

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Threats

• Prevailing crime and safety concerns
• Budgets and timelines
• Period of adjustment to new traffic regimen
• Maintenance overlooked or deferred

Key Challenges

• DISCONTINUOUS STREET WALL BY DIAGONAL

GRID;

• PLACEMAKING WITHIN TIGHT AUTO‐DOMINATED

INTERSECTIONS;

• NEED STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN

NARROW PUBLIC REALM

Opportunities

• Reconfigure Hamilton+Egerton intersection
• Narrower traffic lanes
• Private tree planting incentive
• Shared street design at Sackville
• LID (rain gardens) at Pearl
• PED signalized crosswalk at Little Hill and Mamelon
• Tree planting, refined program at existing/potential park space – Horton, Adelaide, Trafalgar,

Delaware, Pine Lawn Ave

• Linear flowering shrub borders north/south sides OR shade tree north side, shrub border south

side – dependent on traffic alignments

• Potential for intensification north side, between Sackville and Egerton

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Urban Design SWOT Analysis

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Public Realm Making - Objectives

Five objectives to transform Hamilton Road into an Inviting And Vibrant Place

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1 Create a Strong Identity for Hamilton Road Corridor 2 Shift from an Auto Dominated Throughway to a Shared Place

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Public Realm Making - Objectives

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3 Maximize Street Trees and Opportunities for Greenscape 4 Reclaim and Enhance the Public Realm / Provide Community Destinations

Public Realm Making - Objectives

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5 Encourage a Continuous and Animated Street Wall and Mixed‐Use Intensification

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Public Realm Making – The Big Moves

1 Establish public realm destinations through utilizing available spaces (i.e.

Woonerf, Civic Park at Horton St. E, Plaza at Sackville St.)

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Overarching Public Realm Making Goals

2 Optimize bus stop locations (i.e. Adelaide St. N, Rectory St., Egerton St.)

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Overarching Public Realm Making Goals

3 Replace small streets with parkettes to expand public realm (i.e. Little Hill St.,

Trafalgar St., Sackville St.)

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Overarching Public Realm Making Goals

4 Reconfiguration of traffic at Ham+Eggs intersection

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Overarching Public Realm Making Goals

5 Provide linearscape defining corridor streetscape (planting strips, street trees,

street banners and planters)

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Overarching Public Realm Making Goals

6 Create paving palette inspired by the unique diagonal pattern and context

(paving pattern, color)

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Overarching Public Realm Making Goals

7 Create a strong identity through public art (i.e. public art in major public open

spaces, banner design, hydro pole beautification)

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PRELIMINARY STREETSCAPE APPROACH

Nov 21, 2016

The London Plan – Streetscape Classifications

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PRELIMINARY STREETSCAPE APPROACH

Main Street Typology – Typical Condition

West of Hamilton & Trafalgar & Egerton looking East

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PRELIMINARY STREETSCAPE APPROACH

Main Street Typology – Constrained Condition

Between Adelaide & William Looking East

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PRELIMINARY STREETSCAPE APPROACH

Main Street Typology – Typical Intersection Condition

East of Hamilton & Rectory Looking West Note: The dimension

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is based on existing condition due to property constraints.

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PRELIMINARY STREETSCAPE APPROACHES

Civic Boulevard Typology – Typical Condition

Between Mamelon & Inkerman Looking East

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PRELIMINARY STREETSCAPE APPROACHES

Civic Boulevard Typology – Constrained Intersection Condition

West of Rectory Looking East

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Key Intersections for Intervention

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A -- HAMILTON / HORTON – Gateway Option 1

Heritage Community Hub Woonerf Wood carving gallery Wide paths and benches Lawn

The west end of our project area contains great scale and opportunity for a new civic park and community hub with shared streetscapes. Approaches:

• Turn Hamilton Rd to woonerf street
• Integrate the city owned green space
• n both sides of Hamilton Rd into one

civic park as a gateway amenity, with sensitive landscape treatment for railway land

• Unlock future intensification and

culture and industrial heritage regeneration for a new city place just

• utside downtown
• Maximize greenscape and provide

programmable space for community use.

• Showcase of local arts of the carved

wood and industrial heritage of the railway

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A – HAMILTON / HORTON – Gateway Option 2

Approaches:

• Turn Hamilton Road into a woonerf

street

• Highlight the rail corridor with a trellis

element with accent lighting and built in seating, when the rail operations terminate in the long term

• Reference the unique nature of

Hamilton Road through celebrating the diagonal pattern of the urban context

• Develop a strong sense of place

through custom unique planters/ benches

• Create a sense of visual cohesion

between the two open spaces

• Create a sense of arrival to Hamilton

Road through a gateway feature

• Provide opportunity to showcase

public art

Gateway Feature Public Art Trellis Planter/ Bench Plaza Sod Woonerf

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This is a major vehicular crossroads with constrained room for the public realm. Approaches:

• Special paving treatment to define the public realm at the intersection
• Switch the bus stops from the existing constrained locations to the opposite

quadrants’ far‐side locations for more generous experience

• Provide a linear green path for active transportation to avoid the intersection
• Provide decorative street banners to improve identity

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B -- HAMILTON / ADELAIDE

Bus Stop, Boulevard de Maisonneuve, Montreal Rain Garden

Parkette LID curb planters Far-side bus stop Far-side bus stop Corner paving treatments Seasonal planters Private tree planting

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Linear greenspace connector Existing

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C -- HAMILTON / LITTLE HILL / MAMELON

Little Hill ends in a new spacious plaza at Hamilton Road, with seating for worshippers, neighbourhood chats, and potential increased retail/café at corner building.

Approaches:

• Close off Little Hill exit to Hamilton Rd and turn the space into a plaza in front of the

church/mosque

• Provide a neighbourhood focal point for respite and relaxation
• Clustered tree planting provides shade and focal areas
• Special paving treatment of the parkette is coordinated with the overall corridor

paving theme

• Encourage LID streetscape treatment, permeable paving and rain garden at locations

applicable, e.g. Pearl Street

Flowering shrub borders Private tree planting Parkette Controlled pedestrian crossing Private tree planting

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Treed plaza Existing

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D -- HAMILTON / RECTORY

The tight built form and narrow ROW provides little opportunity for expanded public space, however there is an opportunity of a Privately‐Owned‐Public‐Space (POPS) at northwest corner would provide a generous new bus stop, parkette, and canopy shade trees. Approaches:

• Switch the bus stops from the existing constrained locations to the
• pposite quadrants’ far‐side locations for more generous experience
• Special paving treatment to define the public realm at the

intersection coordinated with the overall corridor paving theme

• Provide decorative street banners to improve identity

POPS bus stop / parkette City tree plantings Farmers’ market Seasonal planters Seasonal planters Parkette

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E – HAMILTON / SACKVILLE

Approaches:

• Blend recent library

plaza/bench design into new plaza space with planters, benches, flexibility for events

• Tie in adjacent lot

pedestrian entry to new plaza space for expanded public realm and local retail scene With a successful library as anchor, lower Sackville becomes a place for people and art and urban forest cafes.

Ped crossing relocated

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Library Beer Store Existing

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E – HAMILTON / EGERTON – Gateway Concept

Public Art, Trees, Benches Benches Far-side bus stop Plaza Public Art, Refuge island Canopy tree planting Parkette Bus stop

The diagonal and grid tension are most felt here and the balance of public realm and traffic realm produce a better urban fabric this ‘Main Street’. Approaches:

• Expand the public realm in front of the

church by closing off 1 through lane on Trafalgar to form expanded street plaza in the Hub of Main Street

• Reclaim the triangular open space

between Hamilton and Trafalgar on the west quadrant, for an urban park amenity with enhanced landscape

• Rethink the configuration of this five‐

legged crossroads to improve pedestrian crossing times

• Public art framing either end of the

‘bow‐tie’ streetscape

• Provide public arts, street banners,

enhanced pedestrian lighting and theme paving pattern to establish identity and the sense of arrival

Woonerf Entrance to staff parking

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F -- HAMILTON / HIGHBURY

Hamilton Road and Highbury Avenue will announce the entry into the Mixed Use Hamilton Corridor, indicating the transition from Highway into Main Street/Civic Boulevard. Approaches:

• Encourage Public arts as the gateway feature
• Provide trees in the median to enhance streetscape within the

constrained ROW

• Street banners, enhanced pedestrian lighting and theme paving pattern

to establish the sense of arrival and branding of Hamilton Corridor

• Traffic calming and a rethink of parking at East St retail shops will
• ptimize public safety and distinguish Hamilton Road from Highway 401

Private tree plantings Private tree plantings Private tree plantings Treed median gateway Refined neighbourhood park School+bus stop connectivity plaza Layby Parking

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Discussion

THANK YOU

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