Metroscapes
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Pictures of the switchback from contractor CSL, and highlighting the new segment on City maps.
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The Meadoway, 200ha
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Northern Light
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Some pictures of the newly opened trail segment with people walking along it, released today:
Source for the above images: https://www.facebook.com/themeadoway
Source for the above images: https://www.facebook.com/themeadoway
dullturtle06
Active Member
anyone notice that the Slow painted on the pavement is facing people travelling up the hill. I think that was a mistake as it makes way more sense to have the Slow marking for people travelling downhill.
Coolibop
Active Member
Yes why it's in one (uphill) direction is odd. With, Ebikes, speed is very possible going uphill so it still could be valid before the tight corners but then I'd argue it should be on both up/down directions.
Northern Light
Superstar
I know its nearly impossible to see, but the word slow is there on the downhill direction. (behind/uphill of the man in green)
Its written in both directions at curve approaches.
You can see the down hill one if you zoom in just above the curve.
Coolibop
Active Member
Aha!
Better eyes than us!
Northern Light
Superstar
I didn't see it either at first, but when you two posted......I thought, that does't make sense..........
I thought of what the policy would be, and it would be ahead of curves/blind corners, so then I started looking for it and saw something with heavy reflection coming off it, opened the pic in its own tab and zoomed in.........
Northern Light
Superstar
And time for a couple of updates.
The first is on trail building from Military Trail to Morningside Avenue:
The second is a garden/landscape enhancement project at Eglinton/Pharmacy:
Note the species above, great range of colour, Cardinal Flower is very striking if you can get it to take; its a fussy bugger! Butterfly weed, as you might expect is very good at attracting that mix of species and is a vibrant orange as well.
It will be interesting (to me) to see how they manage topography and soil type as those two species don't really appear in the same places much (Cardinal Flower likes it damp, where Butterfly Milkweed likes it dry)
The first is on trail building from Military Trail to Morningside Avenue:
The second is a garden/landscape enhancement project at Eglinton/Pharmacy:
Note the species above, great range of colour, Cardinal Flower is very striking if you can get it to take; its a fussy bugger! Butterfly weed, as you might expect is very good at attracting that mix of species and is a vibrant orange as well.
It will be interesting (to me) to see how they manage topography and soil type as those two species don't really appear in the same places much (Cardinal Flower likes it damp, where Butterfly Milkweed likes it dry)
TwinHuey
Active Member
March 30.
I've been curious about the connection between the Meadoway and the Highland Creek Trail.
Looking south. The Meadoway crosses Highland Creek at Ellesmere.
Looking north-east. The connection to the Highland Creek trail goes under the bridge.
Looking north
Looking north towards Ellesmere
Looking south.
The trail appears to be unfinished between the two red arrows. See the next two photos for where the arrows are pointed.
Looking north west. The construction staging area with the roadway leading to the parking lots in Morningside Park.
The Highland Creek Trail at the bottom of the photo and the connection to the Meadoway at the top of the photo, just visible through the trees.
I'll ride it once the weather gets a bit warmer.
I've been curious about the connection between the Meadoway and the Highland Creek Trail.
Looking south. The Meadoway crosses Highland Creek at Ellesmere.
Looking north-east. The connection to the Highland Creek trail goes under the bridge.
Looking north
Looking north towards Ellesmere
Looking south.
The trail appears to be unfinished between the two red arrows. See the next two photos for where the arrows are pointed.
Looking north west. The construction staging area with the roadway leading to the parking lots in Morningside Park.
The Highland Creek Trail at the bottom of the photo and the connection to the Meadoway at the top of the photo, just visible through the trees.
I'll ride it once the weather gets a bit warmer.
Coolibop
Active Member
I've ridden this a handful of times last year.
It's actually unfinished further West your arrow up top where there is coarse gravel & stone (nearly impossible to ride on). You can see the transition to gravel from asphalt just beyond the bridge in the picture prior to this.
This is also a tricky spot to ride, but doable. The stone is also very coarse here (for construction vehicles), and at times is closed off because equipment is actively on-site.The Highland Creek Trail at the bottom of the photo and the connection to the Meadoway at the top of the photo, just visible through the trees.
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I'll ride it once the weather gets a bit warmer.
robmausser
Senior Member
March 30.
I've been curious about the connection between the Meadoway and the Highland Creek Trail.
Looking south. The Meadoway crosses Highland Creek at Ellesmere.
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Looking north-east. The connection to the Highland Creek trail goes under the bridge.
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Looking north
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Looking north towards Ellesmere
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Looking south.
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The trail appears to be unfinished between the two red arrows. See the next two photos for where the arrows are pointed.
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Looking north west. The construction staging area with the roadway leading to the parking lots in Morningside Park.
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The Highland Creek Trail at the bottom of the photo and the connection to the Meadoway at the top of the photo, just visible through the trees.
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I'll ride it once the weather gets a bit warmer.
The odd thing is I've tried repeatedly to get Google Maps to add both trails to Google Maps, painstakingly adding the "roads" with their editor, without success. They refuse to acknowledge this trail exists.
So make sure when you ride it to have G-Maps open on your phone with routing turned on. It will force Google to see that a bunch of people are taking a path thats not on Gmaps and make them clue in.
Coolibop
Active Member
Probably because it's unfinished
There were a couple of times last year I had to double back from Morningside Park and up to Ellesmere (via Morningside) as they closed the entire site off... Painful detour....
Openstteetmaps is the way to go here for navigation with Komoot and the like if you want to get the 'unofficial beta' trails
Metroscapes
Active Member
I just wish they had connected it north to Military Trail, or even beyond. But maybe one day it will be a future phase.Probably because it's unfinished
There were a couple of times last year I had to double back from Morningside Park and up to Ellesmere (via Morningside) as they closed the entire site off... Painful detour....
Openstteetmaps is the way to go here for navigation with Komoot and the like if you want to get the 'unofficial beta' trails
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My pictures and descriptions pre-trail installation (although with the note about running into women bathing in the creek removed):
2018/07/28 – East Highland II
A journey along East Highland Creek, from its confluence with the west branch to the top of Toronto.
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Allandale25
Senior Member
Blog post on The Meadoway.
www.twowheeledpolitics.ca
East Don Trail Part 2 & The Meadoway
A blog about cycling and political advocacy based in Toronto, Canada. (#BikeTO)