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| Waterfront Development |
Earlier this year people in our community were given a "sneak peek" of the new Port Union Waterfront Improvement Project, which stretches from Highland Creek to the Rouge River.
This project will improve the area and add 3.6 km to Toronto 's waterfront trail system. A pedestrian tunnel, headlands, beaches and cobble shorelines, wetlands on Adam's Creek and a pedestrian bridge over the mouth of Highland Creek, are also part of the $16 million project which is funded by the Government of Canada, the Province and the City of Toronto through the Waterfront Revitalization Corporation. The first phase of the project, which began in the fall of 2002, will be complete in 2006. This includes shoreline restoration from Port Union Road to Highland Creek, the pedestrian tunnel link to the Port Union Village Common (a 3.24 hectare public park) approximately 2.4 km of waterfront trail, six cobble beaches and the bridge at the mouth of Highland Creek. The second phase will commence this fall and is expected to be completed in 2008. Phase Two involves 2.2 km of shoreline restoration from Chesterton Shores to the Rouge River. At the first public viewing in June local dignitaries accepted a number of wooden birdhouses created by the Wednesday Evening Woodworking Group for placement on the site in 2006. In addition the West Rouge Canoe Club raised funds, through the sale of bottled water, for the rebuilding of their beach clubhouse which was destroyed by fire some years ago.
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