Hamilton Road Corridor Streetscape Master Plan Road Corridor Streetscape Master Plan ... (SWOT)...
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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/HortonB. Hamilton/Adelaide C. Hamilton/Little Hill/Mamelon D. Hamilton/RectoryE. 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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Existing Condition – Urban Grid1. 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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3 Maximize Street Trees and Opportunities for Greenscape
4 Reclaim and Enhance the Public Realm / Provide Community Destinations
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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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3 Replace small streets with parkettes to expand public realm (i.e. Little Hill St., Trafalgar St., Sackville St.)
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4 Reconfiguration of traffic at Ham+Eggs intersection
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5 Provide linearscape defining corridor streetscape (planting strips, street trees, street banners and planters)
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6 Create paving palette inspired by the unique diagonal pattern and context (paving pattern, color)
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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 APPROACHMain Street Typology – Typical Condition
West of Hamilton & Trafalgar & Egerton looking East
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PRELIMINARY STREETSCAPE APPROACHMain Street Typology – Constrained Condition
Between Adelaide & William Looking East
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PRELIMINARY STREETSCAPE APPROACHMain Street Typology – Typical Intersection Condition
East of Hamilton & Rectory Looking West
Note: The dimension of this cross section is based on existing condition due to property constraints.
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PRELIMINARY STREETSCAPE APPROACHESCivic Boulevard Typology – Typical Condition
Between Mamelon & Inkerman Looking East
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PRELIMINARY STREETSCAPE APPROACHESCivic 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 on 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 outside 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 2Approaches:
• 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 treatmentsSeasonal planters
Private tree planting
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Linear greenspace connector
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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 pedestriancrossing
Private tree planting
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Treed plaza
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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
opposite 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 plantersSeasonal planters
Parkette
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E – HAMILTON / SACKVILLEApproaches:• 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
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E – HAMILTON / EGERTON – Gateway Concept
Public Art, Trees,Benches
Benches
Far-side bus stop
PlazaPublic 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
optimize public safety and distinguish Hamilton Road from Highway 401
Private tree plantings
Private tree plantingsPrivate tree plantings
Treed median gateway
Refined neighbourhood park
School+bus stop connectivity
plazaLayby Parking
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