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The 2025 budget positions Milton to invest in the community and organization, while having immediate and future community impact. Using the areas of focus within the 2023-2027 Strategic Plan, the following 2025 highlights demonstrate investment in our community.

Invest in people

  • Addition of new staff in Fire Services to achieve full urban coverage.
  • Investment in new staffing resources in priority areas including information technology and economic development.

Innovate in technology and process

  • Investments in the digitization of various internal and external services.
  • Continued progress towards next-generation 911 emergency communications and dispatch services.
  • Continued upgrades to networking, infrastructure, power, and communications across all Town facilities.

Quality facilities and amenities

  • Construction of new Bowes Neighbourhood Park in the Boyne area
  • Conversion of multi-use courts in Coates Neighbourhood Park North to pickleball courts and in Bristol Park to lit pickleball courts
  • Addition of cricket batting cages at Optimist Park
  • Redevelopment of various parks including Melanie Park and Watson Park
  • Addition of remote hold lockers for library materials at the Milton Sports Centre and Mattamy National Cycling Centre
  • Planned improvements for various recreation facilities including:
    • Leisure Centre gymnasium
    • Milton Sports Centre pool and arenas
    • Mattamy National Cycling Centre cycling track
    • FirstOntario Arts Centre various upgrades
    • Library Beaty Branch updates

Connected transit and mobility

  • Investment in transit including introduction of Sunday service and extended service to 10:30 p.m. on weekdays, as well as the purchase of buses to expand service in the Boyne and Derry Green areas.
  • Road construction including urbanization of Nipissing Road, rehabilitation of Ontario Street, Appleby Line and Milburough Line, and replacement of the Fourth Line Nassagaweya Bridge.
  • Continued maintenance of existing road network through the annual asphalt overlay and expanded asphalt programs.
  • Active transportation investments including construction of the Boyne pedestrian railway crossing and new Boyne area trails.
  • Ongoing focus on traffic and road safety with new pedestrian crossovers, raised crosswalks and 40 km/h neighbourhoods in various locations, the Automated Speed Enforcement program and road safety strategy.

Planned Community Growth

  • Investment in compliance programs for Additional Residential Units (ARUs) and to address illegal land use.
  • Development of Municipal Parking Strategy.