Hamilton, Waterdown power outage affects 3,300 homes and businesses

A power outage affected more than 3,300 homes and businesses in the Waterdown and Flamborough communities in Hamilton on Friday evening (July 23).

Alectra Utilties said the outage is in the area of Dundas Street East to Parkside Drive and from Hamilton Street North to Kerns Road in Flamborough. A total of 3,319 homes and businesses are affected. The expected time of resumption is 8 p.m.

UPDATE: #Outage in #HamOnt and #Waterdown ( area of Dundas st E to Parksid Dr from Hamilton St N to Kerns rd of Flamborough ) affecting approx 3319 homes and businesses. Crew investigating. ETR 8PM . For more info visit https://t.co/QwYiVrDG0w #pwrout ^pa

— Alectra (@alectranews) July 23, 2021

During an outage, all traffic stops where the lights are non-operational are to be treated as a four-way stop.

UPDATE, 8:30 p.m.: The outage is now in area of Dundas Street East to Concession 5 Road East and from Hamilton Street North to Evans Road of Flamborough. More than 2,100 homes and businesses are affected, and the expected time of resumption is 11:30 p.m.

UPDATE: #Outage in #HamOnt and #Waterdown ( area of Dundas st E to Concession 5 Rd E and from Hamilton St N to Evans rd of Flamborough ) affecting approx 2127 homes and businesses. Crew investigating. ETR 11:30PM . For more info visit https://t.co/QwYiVrDG0w #pwrout ^pa

— Alectra (@alectranews) July 24, 2021

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UPDATE, 8:30 p.m.: As of 11:30 p.m., all but eight homes and businesses had their power back. Their ETR is 1 a.m.

FINAL UPDATE: #Outage in #Waterdown ( area of Mill St. between Mountain Brow Rd. and Union St. area. of Flamborough ) affecting approx 8 homes and businesses. Crew working. ETR 1AM . For more info visit https://t.co/QwYiVrDG0w #pwrout ^pa

— Alectra (@alectranews) July 24, 2021

Outages in the Hamilton area can typically be tracked at horizonutilities.com/PowerOutagesWest/Pages/default.aspx.