Here's how much renaming Dundas Street in Mississauga could cost

Renaming Dundas Road in Mississauga now has a price ticket.

Metropolis workers are estimating that rebranding the road, which is known as after controversial Scottish lawyer and politician Henry Dundas, might prices upwards of $1.8 million.

The quantity comes from a workers report to be thought-about by Mississauga Common Committee Wednesday, Jan. 12 and consists of $1.27 million to switch avenue indicators, replace MiWay maps and supply compensation to residents and companies that must change their addresses.

Prices of renaming Dundas Road in Mississauga, in keeping with a metropolis workers report. — Steve Cornwell screengrab

Metropolis workers additionally estimated that a public session and knowledgeable assessment of Dundas Road, just like the one Metropolis of Toronto carried out previous to approving renaming the roadway final 12 months, would price $540,000 ought to council approve the examine.

Dundas is believed by historians to have slowed the tip of the transatlantic slave commerce throughout his time in workplace.

After Toronto metropolis workers really helpful renaming Dundas Road, Mississauga council voted June 30 to check an identical transfer.

Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie efficiently motioned to conduct the examine, and clarified on the time that she was neither for nor towards renaming Dundas.

The Mississauga workers report recommends holding off on probably renaming Dundas till after town consults with group teams to determine fairness, range and inclusion knowledgeable pointers for naming new municipal streets and properties.

A petition with round 14,000 signatures requested for the roadway to be renamed in Toronto earlier than town accredited the Dundas rebranding.

Whereas the Mississauga workers report mentioned there was a a lot decrease variety of requests thus far for the renaming, a Dundas assessment could possibly be in step with a 2020 council decision committing town to “handle systemic racism and discrimination by creating and supporting insurance policies and packages that handle the inequities that Indigenous Peoples, racialized communities, and specifically Black communities proceed to expertise within the Metropolis of Mississauga.”

There may be at present a moratorium on including new avenue names to Mississauga’s reserve checklist, which is used to call roadways in new developments.

The moratorium was applied after metropolis workers revealed incorrect details about former Dixie Gurdwara president Jasjit Singh Bhullar in a report recommending a future Mississauga avenue be named after him.