Hamilton details $3.5M in intersection work, major resurfacing and utility investments for 2025

The city’s executive director for infrastructure presented a detailed 2025 capital program and operations plan, emphasizing a mix of grant funding and budgeted transfers to advance resurfacing, stormwater and utility reliability projects. The presentation said $3,500,000 is budgeted for Dixie and Bella intersection work (with $1,000,000 grant match), $1,800,000 for Millville Avenue resurfacing and $3,000,000 earmarked for undergrounding and redundancy improvements in Hamilton Enterprise Park.

Stormwater capital was listed at $3,600,000, with a $1,500,000 project at Heaton Street and Beckett to support redevelopment; $900,000 was dedicated to concrete repair and resurfacing. The city plans to continue a five‑step utility rate plan implementation (water/sewer step 3 of 5, gas step 2 of 5, refuse and stormwater step 1) and expects the average residential utility bill to increase by about $14.42 per month in 2025, according to staff projections.

Public works staff described new uses of in‑house mill and paving equipment that enabled the city to mill and pave more miles in 2024 and permit more ambitious resurfacing in 2025. For Park Avenue and North Washington Boulevard the city will combine contractor milling and in‑house paving to limit disruption while making large stretches of roadway usable. The infrastructure director also noted three additional FTEs proposed for 2025 (one permanent position focused on stormwater and two temporary positions to bring contractor work in house).