TwoWheelPoli
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For those of you who bike along the Waterfront Trail, the Jim Tovey Conservation Area in Mississauga (by the Toronto border) will open on Saturday, May 30 and include a rerouting of that trail.
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Cycling infrastructure (Separated bike lanes)
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Is there a map of the final trail layout and how it will connect to existing one?
TwoWheelPoli
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pawlyshyn
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How long before the western connection opens? I imagine it's many years away.
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Yeah, is it going to dead end at the West side?
UntitledCyclist
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based on pics I took yesterday (Friday, April 24) of the eastern gated off entrance, and of the morass of development happening on the west side, I would agree the western side is a LONG ways away. Maybe they have something planned to skirt along the south edge to connect the trail, but it won't be pretty.
Sauga89
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To add to the above:
Here is a map from that report.
(EDIT: I also discovered a couple months ago that the Lakeview Village Park has some funding allocated to it in the city's 10-year capital plan for parks. The slide below is from a 2026 budget presentation. I'm not sure how quickly it will actually proceed though if the neighbouring housing development is delayed.)
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UntitledCyclist
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I know we're on the edge of cycling infra focus here, but I wanted to share this one larger sized full map (that @TwoWheelPoli shared above) but actually readable if you open it full sized.
edit: welp apparently UT autodownsizes the file, but you can see the full sized version here.
APTA-2048
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Looks like I spoke too soon. Rode by on the bus again today and there are a couple of sections still without pavement.
UntitledCyclist
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Good to know. I rode up that way about 2 weeks ago, and RWGPS & the city detours just routed us up East ave to get around the massive closure of the Rouge and the waterfront pathways. It's a ridiculous detour anyway, but it would be nice to have to dogleg a bit less.
edit: for those unfamiliar, here is the city page for the Port Union upgrades (which includes the bike lanes) https://www.toronto.ca/community-pe...ations/infrastructure-projects/portunionroad/
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Northern Light
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The item below is not news to UT'ers; but I choose to bring it forward anyways, because I think many here, understandably can become jaded by suspect decisions by some City staff, Managers or Councillors.
But, its important to remember there are people who genuinely care among those same groups, and that's why you need to stay in touch w/them and build connections, to help make the City better.
From Jason Thorne - Chief Planner - Toronto:
But, its important to remember there are people who genuinely care among those same groups, and that's why you need to stay in touch w/them and build connections, to help make the City better.
From Jason Thorne - Chief Planner - Toronto:
dob467
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I really hope the city concentrates on these types of upgrades while we wait out Ford's tenure as Premier.