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Prospect Street Closure - Joyce Street to Pearson Street

Posted on Friday, June 27, 2025 08:38 AM

Prospect Street from Joyce Street to Pearson Street will be closed July 2 to Aug. 29, 2025 for watermain and waste watermain work. Prospect Street between Robinson Street and Pearson Street will be open to traffic during this time period. Detours and signage will be in place.

Learn more at Burlington.ca/ProspectRenewal.

Map of Closure Area

Prospect Street Road Closure June 18 - Aug. 18

Posted on Tuesday, June 17, 2025 09:24 AM

Prospect Street from Paling Road to Guelph Line will be closed from June 18 to Aug. 25, 2025 for sewer and watermain construction. Detours and signage will be in place.

For more information about this project, visit the Prospect Street Renewal page.

Map of Area

Prospect Street Road Closure, June 3 - Sept. 30

Posted on Tuesday, June 03, 2025 10:09 AM

Prospect Street, from Robinson Street to Pearson Street will be closed from June 3 to Sept. 30, 2025 for sewer and watermain construction. For more information on the Prospect Area Minor Reconstruction, Watermain and Waste Watermain Installation Project, visit Burlington.ca/ProspectRenewal

Map of Project Area

Road Closure - Eastbound James Street at Martha Street

Posted on Friday, April 18, 2025 10:03 AM

Eastbound James Street at Martha Street will be closed April 22-29, from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. for site servicing work at 2090 James St., Burlington, Ontario. Closure of the right turn lane from James Street onto Martha Street and closure of the right turn lane from Martha Street to James Street will be required to perform the servicing work. East and Westbound traffic on James Street will remain open. Roads will be re-opened outside of working hours and on weekends.

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2025 Street Tree Pruning Program

Posted on Wednesday, April 16, 2025 10:28 AM

The City of Burlington’s annual street and park tree pruning program is underway.

Our street and park tree pruning program is important work that protects and manages our urban forest and provides many additional benefits to our communities including:

  • Safer and more effective travel for emergency response vehicles (Fire, EMS, Police), snowplows, garbage trucks and other utility vehicles which deliver essential services.
  • Maintaining sightlines for vehicles, cyclists, and pedestrians and improving traffic sign visibility for everyone’s safety.
  • Greener and healthier parks.

A properly pruned tree has a better chance of making it through a storm and other significant weather events. Fewer broken tree limbs and trees means more trees stay in the ground and off the ground!

The City of Burlington employs Certified Arborists to prune municipal trees. Both internal crews and contractors perform pruning work on city trees. They are highly trained, qualified and follow the City’s approved Tree Pruning...