pawlyshyn
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It's the giant switchback bridge over the tracks, next to the golf course.
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East Don Trail Project
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Metroscapes
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This is correct, but @StreetcarRider is not wrong for being stumped on what that meant. That's not a useful or specific name. I puzzled over it myself for a few minutes.
TwoWheelPoli
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Since it's beautiful outside today and I haven't checked the East Don Trail for a while, I did just that this morning. While you can see some more photos on my blog, I'll include a few highlights here. Fingers crossed that this trail gets completed later this spring.
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Metroscapes
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I'm banking on it.
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It can still be used even if not 100% done.
mburrrrr
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April 1
TwoWheelPoli
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For those who want a video version of the East Don Trail, Brian Tao has you covered. Also includes the Lower Don Trail.
mburrrrr
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That hill south of Bermondsey is dangerous. Stones are equivalent to a sheet of ice. It should be closed until cleaned.
Overgrown brush last year and the downhill is too fast (or steep) with poor visual around the corner.
Hence the ambulance at 9:48 of the video,
Wednesday April 1
mburrrrr
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I fixed it this morning.
The sign was laying down.
Slippery with shoes.
The sign was laying down.
Slippery with shoes.
Natika33
Active Member
Where the trail branches off from Taylor Creek, it seems they are going to add fencing that will prevent hikers or bikers from accessing the trail on the north side of the river coming from the Don Valley Parkway underpass:
StreetcarRider
Active Member
One of the truly interesting things about the Don Valley trail is that it is one of the few places in the city of Toronto where people don't follow the rules.
The East Don Trail was built in part because people were already using the area when they weren't supposed to be.
During the multi-year closure of the trail around Riverdale in the 2010s, people were entering prohibited worksites so much that signs were eventually posted saying the police were monitoring. Everybody was like "yeah, obviously not" and just kept on trucking.
All to say: this fence, while attractive and well-built, will probably be intact for about five minutes before permanently having a broken section.
Carpe Diem
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It would be great if one section of panelling was left out, to provide that unsanctioned access you reference. This happened further up the trail and provides a way to walk out into the forest along the meandering river. If it's not, I imagine someone will do it anyways. The connection near the bridge under the DVP to the trails in Taylor Massey Creek are important for the network without having to interact with cars on the road.