[URBAN NOTE] "Future waterfront access up for discussion at Scarborough Waterfront Project public me

[rfmcdonald]

The Scarborough Mirror reports on a meeting today in Scarborough concerning the Scarborough Waterfront Project, an access project on the Scarborough Bluffs that is controversial.

A meeting on a future connected Scarborough waterfront may see a clash between people who want a continuous trail through Scarborough and others who to want to preserve its natural shoreline areas.

The Toronto and Region Conservation Authority hosts a meeting on Tuesday, June 28 at Blessed Cardinal Newman Catholic High School, 100 Brimley Rd. South, to bring residents up to date on the Scarborough Waterfront Project. It kicks off with an open house at 5 p.m., presentation at 7 p.m. and Q&A at 7:45 p.m.

For now, the series of proposed green spaces between Bluffers Park and East Point Park is just being studied.

But Ron Moeser, a Scarborough East councillor, objects to a recommendation by TRCA staff to run the trail away from the shoreline through East Point Park.

He is asking his constituents to attend the meeting so they can support “a seamless trail system” he said his residents have always wanted along the water’s edge.