London construction

There's a sizable hole in the ground in downtown London, and while it's not a sinkhole, it's still expected to be a headache.

Here are the most-read stories of 2024 from The London Free Press and lfpress.com:

London’s once hot economy remains “healthy” although it slowed this year to a steady pace that is expected to continue through 2025, says an economic report released Thursday. London enjoyed a 3.2 per cent increase in the value of goods made here, called gross domestic product or GDP, in 2023

London's long-awaited underpass at the Adelaide Street train crossing opened to traffic for the first time Friday morning, capping off years of driver complaints, city hall planning and big-ticket construction.

City hall has teamed up with local developers to draft a to-do list to help London speed up housing developments in a city that met little more than half of its provincial housing target last year.

For Londoners used to slow growth and change, it's a wake-up call. London, one of Canada's fastest-growing cities, needs to reimagine itself as a bigger, more diverse city with more and different employers, more recreation, more entertainment and more connection. And that will require mixed neighbourhoods, more infrastructure, higher density

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