What is being built, decided and finished in Oakville, and the next date anything can change.
Every entry is taken from a Town of Oakville, Halton Region or provincial source, and carries the date we last checked it against that source. Where a source does not state a figure or a date, the row is absent rather than estimated.
| Project | Type | Lead | Status | Expected or next | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyecroft Road extension and Bronte Creek bridge | Roads and bridges | Halton Region | Under implementation | Completion: Fall 2026, no opening date published | 23 Sep |
| Towne Square revitalization | Parks and public space | Town of Oakville | Under implementation | Completion: September 2027 | 24 Sep |
| Trafalgar Road widening, Hays Boulevard to Dundas Street | Roads and bridges | Halton Region | Under implementation | Projected completion: 2030 | 24 Sep |
| Oakville GO Station expansion | Transit | Metrolinx | Under implementation | Completion: Not published | 24 Sep |
| Burloak Drive underpass at the Lakeshore West rail line | Roads and bridges | Metrolinx | Under implementation | Completion: 2027; the Town gives both summer and Q4 | 24 Sep |
| Dundas Street widening, Tremaine Road to Bronte Road | Roads and bridges | Halton Region | Under implementation | Phase 1 completion: 2027 | 24 Sep |
| Sixth Line widening, Threshing Mill Boulevard to William Halton Parkway | Roads and bridges | Town of Oakville | Under implementation | Completion: Not published | 24 Sep |
| Trafalgar Road water and wastewater work, south Oakville | Water and wastewater | Halton Region | Under implementation | Anticipated end: December 2027 | 24 Sep |
| Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital expansion | Health and care | Government of Ontario | Under implementation | Construction complete: By the end of 2027 | 24 Sep |
| The Village of Heritage Trails long-term care homes | Health and care | Government of Ontario | Under implementation | First residents: Summer 2028 | 24 Sep |
| Lakeshore Road East multi-use path, Allan Street to Winston Churchill | Roads and bridges | Town of Oakville | Under review | No date published | 24 Sep |
| Provincial science facility, William Halton Parkway | Planning rules | Town of Oakville | Under review | No date published | 24 Sep |
| Westerkirk, Trafalgar Road and Burnhamthorpe Road East | Housing proposals | Town of Oakville | Open for comment | No date published | 24 Sep |
| Dundas Urban Core building types and minimum height | Planning rules | Town of Oakville | Approved | No date published | 6 Sep |
| 2172 Wyecroft Road, beside Bronte GO | Housing proposals | Town of Oakville | Approved | No date published | 24 Sep |
| Midtown Oakville Transit-Oriented Community | Housing proposals | Province of Ontario | Approved | No date published | 24 Sep |
| Data centre interim control by-law | Planning rules | Town of Oakville | Approved | Last day to appeal: 1 Oct | 5 Sep |
| McCraney Creek bridge replacement on Lakeshore Road West | Roads and bridges | Town of Oakville | Approved | Construction: Spring to end of 2027 | 24 Sep |
| New Central Library, 193 Church Street | Community facilities | Town of Oakville | Approved | Opening: 2030, per the library board | 24 Sep |
| Kerr Street underpass at the Lakeshore West rail line | Roads and bridges | Metrolinx | Paused | Restart: Not scheduled | 24 Sep |
| William Halton Parkway extension | Roads and bridges | Halton Region | Complete | No date published | 24 Sep |
| Sixteen Mile community centre, library and pool | Community facilities | Town of Oakville | Complete | No date published | 24 Sep |
| Meadowridge Park | Parks and public space | Town of Oakville | Complete | No date published | 24 Sep |
The tracked projects for which the Town has published a home count. Each bar keeps the Town's own wording, because an approximate figure charted as an exact one is a claim nobody made.
| Category | Homes |
|---|---|
| Midtown Oakville Transit-Oriented Community, Four sites on Cross Avenue | More than 6,800 |
| Westerkirk, Southeast corner of Trafalgar Road and Burnhamthorpe Road East | 6,420 |
| 2172 Wyecroft Road, South side of Wyecroft Road | About 1,191 |
Approved and physically under way, or in force and being implemented.
A four-lane road and bridge linking Oakville and Burlington across Bronte Creek, carrying a new watermain, bike lanes and multi-use pathways.
What happens next
Nov 2026
Lane restrictions end
A $7.5 million rebuild of the downtown square, phased over a year to keep businesses open.
What happens next
Nov 2026
Phase 1 ends and work pauses for the holidays
Halton Region is widening Trafalgar Road from four lanes to six, with sidewalks, multi-use paths, a bike lane, new signals and a trunk wastewater main. The Hays to Dundas section has been under construction since March 2025.
What happens next
Nov 2026
Plaza entrance from Trafalgar Road reopens
Metrolinx is rebuilding Oakville GO, the busiest station on Lakeshore West, with a new accessible pedestrian bridge, rehabilitated platforms and a larger bus loop. Construction started in April 2026.
What happens next
Not scheduled
Platform work
Burloak Drive is being lowered under the Lakeshore West tracks so that road traffic no longer stops for trains. The new rail bridge went into service in June 2026; the road underneath is still being built.
What happens next
Not scheduled
Underpass opens to traffic
Halton Region is widening Dundas Street from four lanes to six between Tremaine Road and Bronte Road, with new bridges, multi-use paths behind barriers and on-road bike lanes. Construction started in fall 2024.
What happens next
Not scheduled
Phase 1 completion
The second phase of rebuilding Sixth Line from a two-lane rural road into a four-lane urban road with a centre median, bike lanes and parking lay-bys. Construction began in September 2025.
What happens next
Not scheduled
Completion
Halton Region is replacing water and wastewater pipes under Trafalgar Road in south Oakville. Work started in June 2026 with permits and site set-up, and temporary closures of Trafalgar Road south of Cornwall Road and of Argus Road are planned.
What happens next
Not scheduled
Road closures
A provincially funded fit-out of shelled space at the hospital, adding more than 110 inpatient beds. The Province marked the start of construction on 27 August 2026.
What happens next
Not scheduled
Construction complete
Two 320-bed long-term care homes, 640 places in all, being built by Schlegel Villages on surplus provincial land. The Province marked the start of construction on 25 August 2026.
What happens next
Not scheduled
First residents
An application, study or review that has not reached a decision.
The Town studied cycling on Lakeshore Road East and now prefers a continuous multi-use path, because provincial Bill 60 limits taking away vehicle lanes for bike lanes. Public feedback closed on 24 July 2026.
What happens next
Not scheduled
Recommendation
Infrastructure Ontario has applied for a four-storey provincial laboratory and regulatory complex, and a new public road linking Glenorchy Road to Hospital Gate. The statutory public meeting was held on 7 July 2026.
What happens next
Not scheduled
Recommendation report
An official plan amendment, rezoning and draft plan of subdivision for 6,420 homes across 27 buildings in seven phases.
What happens next
Not scheduled
Staff recommendation report
A decision has been taken. Construction, where there is any, has not started.
A Town-initiated amendment permitting only apartment, mixed-use and commercial buildings within 50 metres of Dundas Street, with a six-storey minimum where there are homes.
What happens next
Not scheduled
Next step
Rezoned from industrial to urban core mixed use for four towers, about 1,191 homes, retail and a daycare.
What happens next
Not scheduled
Holding provisions to be lifted
Four Minister's Zoning Orders permitting 11 buildings across four sites. They override municipal zoning and cannot be appealed.
What happens next
Not scheduled
Decision on Official Plan Amendment 70
A one-year freeze on data centre applications across the town's employment land, while staff study how to regulate them.
What happens next
Awaiting an update
Last day to appeal was scheduled for 1 Oct. The source has not yet published what follows.
The Town will replace and enlarge the McCraney Creek crossing under Lakeshore Road West. Construction needs a full closure of Lakeshore Road for up to 60 days, and lane reductions for utility work start this fall.
What happens next
Dec 2026
Detailed design complete
The central library is moving from Navy Street to the former post office at 193 Church Street as part of the Downtown Cultural Hub. Council funded construction in the 2026 budget and chose to keep part of the building's facade.
What happens next
Not scheduled
Construction start
Suspended, and able to resume without a new decision.
An underpass to widen Kerr Street under the tracks, with turn lanes, sidewalks and bike lanes. Metrolinx deferred it indefinitely in February 2022 after the estimated cost rose from $130 million to $234 million.
What happens next
Not scheduled
Restart
Finished and in use.
The bridge over Sixteen Mile Creek and its connecting roadway, completing about 12 kilometres of continuous route between Ninth Line and Bronte Road.
What happens next
Not scheduled
Finishing work
The expansion of the Sixteen Mile Sports Complex into a community centre, with a new branch library and an aquatic centre. The community centre and library opened on 31 March 2026 and the pool on 20 July 2026.
What happens next
Not scheduled
Nothing scheduled
A 4.4-hectare Town park at 3160 Meadowridge Drive. The Town reports construction complete and the park open as of July 2026.
What happens next
Not scheduled
Nothing scheduled
It covers the projects a resident is most likely to notice or be affected by: new roads and bridges, community facilities, major public works, and the planning decisions that set how much can be built and where. An entry is added only when a public body has published a status and, for anything physical, a timeframe.
It does not reproduce the Town’s full list of active development applications. Those listings give an address, an applicant and a file number, and nothing else: no status, no unit count, no dates. Filling those columns by inference is exactly what this tracker exists to avoid. The ward listings are linked from every area page, and the source pages we watch are on our monitored source list.
Short-term road closures are not tracked here. The Town and the Region publish those daily, and a copy would be out of date within hours.