West Scarborough Rail Trail In Jeopardy! – Press Release
Midtown has the Beltline Rail Trail, Don Mills has the Don Mills Rail Trail, West Toronto has the West Toronto Railpath and Scarborough has [insert crickets chirping here].
The West Scarborough Rail Trail was first proposed more than
50 years ago by University of Toronto graduate students as a bike path from
Warden Subway Station to the Metro Zoo.
50 years later and despite several attempts by local city
councillors, numerous recommendations by city engineers and planners, visits by
politicians from all levels of government including our current mayor and
inclusion in the Warden Woods Secondary Plan, the City Of Toronto
Infrastructure and Environment Committee is set to cancel the proposed West
Scarborough Rail Trail on the recommendation of city traffic staff.
This trail would run from Warden Subway Station to the
Meadoway in the north and Warden Woods Ravine, Taylor Creek Ravine and the Don
Valley Trail in the south. If completed, a person could walk or bike from Lake
Ontario at the mouth of the Don River to Rouge Valley National Urban Park.
Local residents and community groups are rallying to prevent
the cancellation of the West Scarborough Rail Trail at the next meeting of the
Infrastructure and Environment Committee on May 28 through an email campaign
and in person deputations.
Here is the submission by the Scarborough Junction
Community: https://www.scarboroughjunction.org/2024/05/sjc-comments-for-2024ie143-on-may-28.html
Here is a link to the Scarborough Junction Community Rail
Trail information page: https://www.scarboroughjunction.org/p/rail-trail-and-parks-dedication.html
Here is a link to our call to action:
https://us13.campaign-archive.com/?u=0d585c9f775a443c374c34059&id=79c9d8edaf
Media Contact:
Misha Perozak
4164536179
