{"id":35489,"date":"2023-11-09T01:42:23","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T01:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/?p=35489"},"modified":"2023-11-09T01:42:23","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T01:42:23","slug":"hamiltons-claremont-access-fully-reopens-after-8-month-lane-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/hamilton\/hamiltons-claremont-access-fully-reopens-after-8-month-lane-closure\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamilton&#8217;s Claremont Access fully reopens after 8-month lane closure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hamilton\u2019s Claremont Access \u2013 one of the key connection points between the Mountain and lower city \u2013 has finally, fully reopened in both directions after an 8-month closure.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The access, used by drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians alike, saw all downbound lanes <a href=\"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/hamilton\/hamiltons-downbound-claremont-access-will-remain-closed-to-august-or-september\/\">temporarily closed as of early March<\/a> in order to address urgent safety concerns regarding the escarpment\u2019s erosion and slope stability.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The two down bound lanes of the Claremont Access will be fully opened to all traffic from Inverness Ave E to Main St E by 12pm tomorrow, Thursday, November 9.<br><br>The escarpment rock face has been scaled and made safe, and all clean-up has been completed.<\/p>&mdash; City of Hamilton (@cityofhamilton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cityofhamilton\/status\/1722382067965587793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 8, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Initial estimates for completion of the required work pegged a reopening for the downbound Claremont Access around August or September, with local commuters making alternate travel arrangements in the interim.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though the repairs and clean-up ultimately took longer than that, the official reopening will be around noon on Thursday, November 9th.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The work completed includes the removal of the steel retaining walls, clearing and scaling of the escarpment face, and some repairs and remarkings to the pavements and roadway.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See more on the City of Hamilton <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cityofhamilton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Lead image courtesy of Google Maps<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hamilton\u2019s Claremont Access \u2013 one of the key connection points between the Mountain and lower city \u2013 has finally, fully reopened in both directions after an 8-month closure.\u00a0 The access, used b...","protected":false},"author":258,"featured_media":35493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8065],"tags":[146,429,137,2519,860,19,20,218,4001,4292,2040],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/access.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35489"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/258"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35489"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35492,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35489\/revisions\/35492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cekan.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}