In a legal services report, $13.6 million in revenues was collected from overall policing charges, including those under the province's Highway Traffic Act.

The decision comes despite recommendations from a city staff report to delay using Automated Speed Enforcement devices.

City council's decision to keep weekly garbage pickup means companies bidding for the city's 2021-28 waste-collection contract will be restricted to the status quo.

The road was closed in both directions, between Bond Street and Hillcrest Avenue, earlier this month due to significant erosion caused by a rain storm.

Committee members have been told that police in other cities, including Ottawa and Guelph, enforce the rule using radar devices.

The Ancaster community surpassed its goal, raising $5 million for the project, but that was more than offset by cost overruns.

The lower speed limits will not apply to any higher-capacity "arterial" roads.

Ferguson adds that the city doesn't permit "anyone who is suing us to bid on our work."

It is estimated that 35,000 vehicles will detour onto city streets each day while the parkway is closed.

Several residents appeared before Hamilton's public works committee on Monday morning to outline the benefits of preserving and maintaining alleyways.