Wonderland Road restartHighbury Avenue South rebuildcycling routesTransportation Services is $768.3M of the 2024-2027 capital plan
This page collects the road and construction decisions in front of the new council. They are the Wonderland Road study, the Highbury Avenue South rebuild and the cycling routes in the Mobility Master Plan. For each it gives what is on the public record, with a source, and a question to put to your councillor. It recommends nothing.
For the west and southwest arterials (Sunningdale, Southdale, Bostwick and Oxford), the minutes show routine steps. Staff reports were accepted, consultants appointed and tenders awarded. They show no recorded vote on widening itself, so this page does not describe a dispute there. Veterans Memorial Parkway and Dingman Drive do not appear on any City project page or in any council item read for this file.
Wards are listed as touched, not as the place a project sits. Wonderland Road, Wellington Road, Adelaide Street North and Oxford Street West run along ward lines, so each touches two or more wards. The placement is London Decides' own calculation from the City's 2026 ward layer, because City pages give no wards.
The honest numbers
Where London stands, every figure linked to its source.
The money
Capital plan
Transportation Services is $768.3 million of the $1,643.6 million (46.7%) in the 2024-2027 capital plan, and $1,920.0 million of $3,587.6 million (53.5%) in the 2024-2033 plan. Transportation Services includes transit and bridges. The City publishes no roads-only total and no split by funding source. City of London: 2026 Annual Budget Update, adopted (PDF), pp. 90-91 ↗
What the City's own pages say about Wonderland Road
The City’s Wonderland Road project page, last updated August 5, 2025, lists the environmental assessment as suspended. A separate City page, the environmental assessment index, lists the study as on hold, with detailed design in 2031 and construction in 2033, and also lists the assessment as complete. Neither page shows the April 1, 2025 council decision to restart the study. City of London, Wonderland Road Environmental Assessment ↗
Roads and repairs
Road work that is under way or under contract now.
■ CITY DECIDES
Highbury Avenue South rebuild, 2026 and 2027
The City is rebuilding Highbury Avenue South from the Thames River to Highway 401, and most of that corridor is in Ward 14. Phase 1 started in May 2026 and runs from the Thames River bridge to just south of Commissioners Road East. Phase 2, from there to Highway 401 including the Bradley Avenue underpass, starts in spring 2027, and the City expects construction to end in November 2027. Traffic stays at one lane each way, with signed ramp detours. On March 31, 2026, council awarded the construction contract at $25,455,593.35 before HST, the lowest of four bids, by a vote of 13 to 1. The same day, council voted 14 to 0 to endorse transferring responsibility for Highbury Avenue from the Thames River South Branch to the south city limits to the Province of Ontario and to forward that resolution to the Ministry of Transportation. No provincial response had been found as of October 28, 2026.
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The City's project page says Phase 1 started in May 2026, and that Phase 2 starts in spring 2027 with construction expected to end in November 2027, with one lane each way and signed ramp detours. The council minutes of March 31, 2026, item 2.13, record that the construction contract (tender RFT-2025-270) was awarded at $25,455,593.35 excluding HST, the lowest of four bids, 13 to 1; the amendment endorsing the transfer of Highbury Avenue to the Province passed 14 to 0. City of London, Highbury Avenue South project page ↗City of London, Council minutes, March 31, 2026 ↗
Ask your councillor
What should the City tell residents and businesses about detours and timing before Phase 2 starts in spring 2027, and what should council do next on its request that the Province take over the road?
The City's 2026 Renew program covers roadwork, intersections and underground work citywide.
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About $285 million in new projects plus about $100 million in ongoing work from last year, covering more than 100 lane-kilometres of road, 20 intersections and more than 30 km of new or replaced underground pipes. City of London ↗
Ask your councillor
Which road and sidewalk projects are planned in each ward for 2026 and 2027, and when will council see the list?
■ CITY DECIDES
Kilally Road reconstruction and the Highbury towers appeal
The Kilally Infrastructure Project is rebuilding Kilally Road from Webster Street to Clarke Road. The City's project page gives two dates. Its timeline lists Kilally Road, Webster Street to Clarke Road, for completion in December 2026. Its questions section says the road stays closed until mid-December 2026, reopens for the winter, and work resumes in spring 2027, with completion expected in early to mid-summer 2027. Final paving and landscaping are listed for 2027. The JW Carson Bridge closure on Clarke Road was scheduled for July 13 to August 14, 2026. According to the City's ward data, Kilally Road addresses in the project area are in Ward 3 under the boundaries that start November 15, 2026, while some addresses west of Highbury Avenue move to Ward 4. Nearby, 1470-1474 Highbury Avenue North (three 14-storey apartment buildings) stays in Ward 3. On September 9, 2025, the Planning and Environment Committee voted 5 to 0 to refuse the zoning change, on staff's recommendation. Reasons in the record include groundwater, the timing of a hydrogeological study, compatibility and setback from a high-pressure pipeline. The developer appealed, and the Ontario Land Tribunal has set a 10-day hearing for February 1 to 12, 2027.
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The City's project page gives two dates. Its timeline lists Kilally Road, Webster Street to Clarke Road, for completion in December 2026. Its questions section says the road stays closed until mid-December 2026, reopens for the winter, and work resumes in spring 2027, with completion expected in early to mid-summer 2027. City of London (Get Involved) ↗
Ask your councillor
How should council and staff coordinate with Ward 4 on Kilally Road and Highbury Avenue, and what should council be told about the City's position at the 2027 tribunal hearing?
Sunningdale Road West is being widened from two lanes to four between Wonderland Road and Villagewalk Boulevard, with sidewalks, cycle tracks and a new Medway Creek bridge. Phase 1 (Wonderland to Medway Creek) is in 2026, with bridge work into 2027. Phase 2 (Medway Creek to Villagewalk) is planned for 2027 to 2028. Separately, the Sunningdale and Richmond intersection rebuild started in May 2025, and the City lists it as finishing in August or fall 2026.
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The Province committed more than $18 million to the Wonderland to Villagewalk widening, announced August 14, 2025. The City's release does not give a total project cost. On October 5, 2026 a council committee recommended raising the Sunningdale and Richmond intersection contract by $700,000, to $8,586,917.50 before HST. It went to council on October 14, 2026. City of London ↗Infrastructure and Corporate Services Committee minutes, October 5, 2026, item 2.8 ↗
Ask your councillor
What is the schedule for finishing both Sunningdale projects, and what traffic arrangements are planned while they overlap?
The City is turning Colonel Talbot Road from a two-lane rural road with ditches and gravel shoulders into a two-lane urban road connecting Talbot Village and Lambeth. It will have sidewalks, multi-use pathways and boulevard bike paths. The City lists the third stage as 2026, covering surface asphalt, restoration, landscaping and clean-up of deficiencies.
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The City's notice for overnight paving on June 1 and 2, 2026 said underground servicing and drainage were complete. The project page gives 2026 for the final stage and no completion date. No City update after June was found as of October 28, 2026. City of London – Colonel Talbot Road project enters final paving stage ↗
Ask your councillor
When will the Colonel Talbot Road upgrade be finished, and how will residents report problems found after the work ends?
The Bradley Avenue Extension is being built near the Wellington Road transit work. It has two parts. One is a new four-lane road from Wharncliffe Road South to White Oak Road. The other widens existing Bradley Avenue from two lanes to four between White Oak Road and Jalna Boulevard. The west end at Wharncliffe Road South touches Ward 10, and the rest of the work is in Ward 12.
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The City says work began in June 2025 and is expected to be mostly finished by fall 2026. Landscaping and the final asphalt layer are scheduled for spring 2027. The City's page shows no update date. The finished road is to be a four-lane street with sidewalks, in-boulevard bike lanes, street lighting and landscaping. On October 5, 2026 a council committee recommended raising the White Oaks Complete Corridor engineering contract with Onterris Canada by $492,370.01, to $1,143,079.34 before HST. City of London - Bradley Avenue Extension ↗Infrastructure and Corporate Services Committee minutes, October 5, 2026, item 2.5 ↗
Ask your councillor
What should the City do to keep access to homes and businesses open while Bradley Avenue and Wellington Road work overlap?
The Queen's Bridge rehabilitation and future rapid transit
The Downtown Loop (bus-only lanes on King, Wellington, Queens and Ridout) was completed in 2024. Rehabilitation of The Queen's Bridge started March 2, 2026 and is expected to finish by May 2027, in two stages, the north half and then the south half. No stage dates are published. One traffic lane and one sidewalk stay open on Queen's Avenue from Ridout Street North to Wilson Avenue. The City's staff report says replacing the deck is a chance to widen the bridge slightly for a multi-use path on the north side while also accommodating future rapid transit lanes. The contract covers the bridge rehabilitation.
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Council awarded the construction contract to McLean Taylor Construction at $10,218,553.35 excluding HST, the lowest of six bids. With the $1.5-million contingency the figure is $11,718,553.35. A 2025 inspection rated the bridge "poor to fair." The staff report describes one weekend closure for placing the concrete deck, with at least a week's public notice, and no date has been announced. Funding comes from the transportation, rapid transit, traffic and stormwater capital budgets. Contract Award: Tender RFT-2025-258, staff report (PDF) ↗
Ask your councillor
What should council know about cost, timing and route before any decision on the west and north rapid transit legs?
Western Road and Sarnia Road/Philip Aziz Avenue, Phase 2
Council's October 14, 2026 agenda included a by-law (Bill 353) to expropriate land for Phase 2 of the Western Road and Sarnia Road/Philip Aziz Avenue corridor and intersection work. On October 5, 2026 a council committee recommended cutting the intersection project's budget by $8.7 million. The October 14 minutes were not posted as of October 30, 2026, so the outcome is not recorded here.
Part of the roads file until it has enough of its own.
■ CITY DECIDES
Cycling routes in the Mobility Master Plan
On April 1, 2025, council removed seven proposed additions from the Mobility Master Plan cycling network maps, in five votes, and kept Huron Street as a medium-term project. On July 22, 2025, council approved the plan 10 to 2. Councillors Stevenson and Van Meerbergen voted against. The plan sets a target for walking, cycling and transit to make up at least 32.5% of trips by 2050. Its capital table puts cycling at $170 million to $190 million of about $2.9 billion, labelled initial estimates subject to council approval through future multi-year budgets. The Old North East Neighbourhood Association sent a letter to council about the routes on Huron, Taylor, McNay and Gammage streets.
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The April 1, 2025 votes went as follows. Royal Crescent east of Clarke Road to Wexford Avenue to Admiral Drive, removed 13 to 2; Sovereign Road, 11 to 4; Vancouver Street from Trafalgar Street to Wavell Street, 11 to 4; Taylor, McNay and Gammage streets in one motion, 10 to 5; the Windermere Road to Gainsborough Road active transportation connection, 14 to 1. A motion to remove Huron Street failed 5 to 10, and Huron Street was changed to a medium-term project 14 to 1. The plan’s capital table (2025 dollars, to 2050) lists roads at $2,100 million to $2,200 million, transit $550 million to $650 million, cycling $170 million to $190 million and sidewalks on major roads $20 million, roughly $2.84 billion to $3.06 billion in all. Council minutes, April 1, 2025 ↗Council minutes, July 22, 2025 (PDF) ↗Mobility Master Plan, final (PDF, 144 pp.) ↗
Ask your councillor
Should the next multi-year budget fund the plan’s cycling routes, and if so, which first?
Jul 22, 2025Council approved the Mobility Master Plan Report and directed staff to file a Notice of Completion and make the report available for the statutory 30-day public review period.Passed 10-2 (3 absent) · Minutes
Road safety
■ CITY DECIDES
Hamilton Road safety, Adelaide Street to Highbury Avenue
On August 27, 2024, council voted 5 to 10 against a motion to direct staff to include an update for Hamilton Road between Adelaide Street and Highbury Avenue in the Mobility Master Plan, which could have included three lanes, protected bike lanes and accessible sidewalks, with any large redesign weighed in the 2028 to 2031 budget. The motion was defeated. Council then voted 15 to 0 to receive the communication on the matter. Council approved the Mobility Master Plan on July 22, 2025, 10 to 2.
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On August 27, 2024, council voted 5 in favour and 10 against directing staff to include a Hamilton Road update in the Mobility Master Plan, so the motion was defeated. Council then voted 15 to 0 to receive the communication. City of London, Council minutes, August 27, 2024 ↗
Ask your councillor
What, if anything, should the City do next on Hamilton Road between Adelaide and Highbury, and when should council see it?
In November 2023 council approved the Huron Heights Neighbourhood Connectivity Plan, which guides which streets get sidewalks through the City's annual Renew London construction program. The plan also exempts many crescents and courts from the City's sidewalk policy. Most of Huron Heights, including every street named in the plan, is in Ward 3.
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On November 28, 2023 council voted 13 to 2 to approve the plan except the proposed Kaladar Drive, Cayuga Crescent and Mark Street sidewalks. Michael Street, which a committee had excluded, was put back in 15 to 0. Council minutes, November 28, 2023, item 6 clause 3.2 ↗
Ask your councillor
What is your position on the timing of the Connectivity Plan sidewalks and on the streets exempted from sidewalks?
Sidewalk on Hyde Park Road north of Fanshawe Park Road
CBC News reported on July 29, 2026 that the sidewalk on Hyde Park Road just north of Fanshawe Park Road ends, and that people on foot cut through a parking lot to get past the gap. No City record of the gap or a plan to fill it has been located.
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CBC News reported on July 29, 2026 that a short stretch of Hyde Park Road just north of Fanshawe Park Road has no sidewalk, and that people walking south often cut through a store parking lot instead. CBC News, July 29, 2026 ↗
Ask your councillor
Is there a plan to extend the sidewalk on Hyde Park Road north of Fanshawe Park Road, and if so, what are its cost and date?
London's Renew program covers roadwork, intersections and underground work citywide. No 2026 list of sidewalk projects for the new Ward 3 was found, so this issue names none.
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The City's 2026 Renew program is about $285 million in new projects plus about $100 million in ongoing work from last year, across all project types. It is not a sidewalk-only figure. City of London ↗
Ask your councillor
Which sidewalk and road projects are planned in Ward 3, and when will council see the list?
Decisions that have been made but are not yet built.
■ CITY DECIDES
Wonderland Road: the restarted study for six general lanes
In September 2021 council suspended the Wonderland Road environmental assessment. Climate and environmental concerns were given as the reason. On March 25, 2025 the Strategic Priorities and Policy Committee, and on April 1, 2025 council, voted 9 to 6 to restart it from Southdale Road to Fanshawe Park Road, to build six general-purpose lanes with a long-term option to convert to bus rapid transit. Staff had recommended bus-only rapid-transit lanes. At the same meeting council voted 12 to 3 to ask for talks with neighbouring municipalities and the province about a ring road. Councillors Peloza, Trosow and Franke voted against. No schedule or cost for the widening has been published, and this page found no route, cost or report for a ring road since. The road touches Wards 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 and 13 (Ward 13 for only about 160 metres).
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In the council minutes of April 1, 2025, part e), restarting the study, passed 9 to 6 (the committee vote on March 25, 2025 was also 9 to 6), and part f) asking for ring-road talks passed 12 to 3. The staff report told council that six general-purpose lanes between Fanshawe Park Road and Southdale Road would leave the 2050 afternoon drive at 23 minutes, against 25 minutes with the rapid-transit lanes staff recommended and 24 minutes today. The motion also directed that the widening’s estimated cost be used in the 2028 development-charges study. CBC News reported on July 29, 2026 that Wonderland Road carries about 48,000 vehicles a day. The City's Wonderland Road Environmental Assessment page, last updated August 5, 2025, lists the Discover Wonderland assessment as suspended since September 2021 and says the road's role will be set in the Mobility Master Plan. Council minutes, April 1, 2025 ↗City of London staff report to Strategic Priorities and Policy Committee, Mar. 25, 2025 (PDF) ↗City of London, Wonderland Road Environmental Assessment ↗CBC News, July 29, 2026 ↗
Ask your councillor
What schedule and cost should the City publish for the restarted Wonderland Road study, and what should council weigh between six general lanes and rapid-transit lanes?
Apr 1, 2025Council directed staff to restart the Discover Wonderland Road environmental assessment from Southdale Road to Fanshawe Park Road, to build six general-purpose lanes with a long-term option to convert to bus rapid transit, and to use the widening's estimated cost in the 2028 Development Charges Background Study.Passed 9-6. Strategic Priorities and Policy Committee had voted 9-6 on March 25, 2025. · Minutes
■ CITY DECIDES
Hamilton Road at Gore Road: roundabout timing
The City's environmental assessment chose a roundabout for Hamilton Road at Gore Road. The project is in detailed design. The City's two project pages give different construction years. The london.ca page says construction is anticipated in 2027, subject to property acquisition and approvals, though a timeline line on the same page says 2026. The Get Involved London page timeline says tentatively 2028.
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The City's project page (last modified March 27, 2026) says detailed design is underway and construction is anticipated in 2027, subject to property acquisition, approvals and coordination with other projects. City of London (Gore Road and Hamilton Road project page) ↗
Ask your councillor
What construction date should council expect for the Gore Road and Hamilton Road roundabout, and how often should it get an update?
Cut-through traffic in Old North: what the City's plan proposes
Residents have raised speeding, cut-through traffic and unsafe walking and cycling conditions in Old North. The City's Central North London Traffic Study covers the area between Richmond Street, Oxford Street, the Thames River and Adelaide Street. Its recommended plan, shown on June 18, 2026, would steer through-traffic onto Cheapside, Colborne and Huron/Regent Streets and larger roads. It uses directional diverters and median islands, first as a pilot with temporary materials. Feedback closed July 22, 2026. The City's project page says the plan does not need a council vote, though council could step in, and lists possible implementation in 2027.
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The comment period closed July 22, 2026. The project page lists completion for summer 2026 and possible implementation in 2027. As of October 28, 2026 no final report is posted. City of London (Get Involved project page) ↗
Ask your councillor
The City says this plan can go ahead without a council vote. What role, if any, should council have in it, and what would you want the final report to show?
Anyone at City Hall can say this issue matters. These are the questions that ask for specifics. Send them to your councillor, or bring them to a committee meeting.
On Wonderland Road, council voted 9 to 6 on April 1, 2025 to restart the study around six general lanes, and the City’s pages still say suspended. What should the City publish about the study’s status, schedule and cost, and when?
Should the City publish a roads-only capital total and a funding-source split, and when?
What should council look for in the next development-charge study?
On Highbury Avenue South, council asked the province to take over the road, and no answer had been found as of October 28, 2026. What should council do next on that request?
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