Grey Abbey and East Point - January Update
Grey Abbey Sand Beach photo credit: Jen Falvy Earlier this month the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority announced their preferred alternative for the eastern segment of the Waterfront Project and unfortunately this included the destruction of an important natural shoreline. Along the eastern shores of the Scarborough Bluffs between Guildwood and Highland Creek is a long sand beach 4 km in length. The selected alternative chosen by the TRCA will destroy the unique and celebrated features of this beloved shoreline. They will not be adding a beach as they are claiming. The beach is already there. They will be removing the beach and implementing a hardened surfaces along 1.9 km of this shore. About the Project: Cost of construction is estimated over $60 million, taking over ten years to complete Natural features of the shoreline will be lost, resulting in irreversible damage ...