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Consider the Scarborough Waterfront on June 28

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. On Wednesday June 28, 2017, there will be a  public presentation of the proposed alternatives for the Scarborough Waterfront Project.  If you love Toronto's waterfront and enjoy the outdoors, then this meeting is for you!  Come c elebrate your connection to the beaches, bluffs and natural areas along the Scarborough shoreline and  provide your feedback at this meeting. MEETING DETAILS Toronto and Region Conservation Authority Public Information Centre #3 (PIC #3) 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm Cardinal Newman High School 100 Brimley Road Scarborough Agenda  6:30 Open House 7:00 Presentation 7:30 Panel discussion 8:30 Q&A Comments:  waterfront@trca.on.ca If you can not make this meeting, please email your comments before July 12, 2017. A LOOK AT THE EASTERN SEGMENT OF THIS PROJECT.  The eastern segment of this shoreline is a 4 km natural area with wildlife, beaches, bluffs and places of beauty. This a...

When the Path Becomes a Road

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East Point Park Bird Sanctuary, Scarborough, ON Bluffer's Beach, Scarborough, ON The Toronto and Region Conservation Authority has selected a number of alternatives for various segments of the Scarborough Waterfront Project that will destroy and diminish natural areas and convert them to paved asphalt roads.  Their current plans include paving 1.7 km of the natural sand beach of Grey Abbey which will lead to paving a large segment of the natural trails that meander through the East Point Park Bird Sanctuary. And on the north east section of Bluffer's Beach they will be converting the natural sand trails into a road.  The TRCA claims they are bound by policy direction. They claim that City of Toronto documents and trail guidelines are driving them to make these decisions but if you take a moment to go through the documents, you will learn otherwise.  I went through the documents and there is no policy that ev...

Public Meeting June 28 - Scarborough Waterfront

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MEETING NOTICE: Wednesday June 28, 2017  Open house begins at 3:30 pm 7:00-9:00 pm - TRCA presentation and questions Public Information Centre #3 Cardinal Newman High School   100 Brimley Rd in  Scarborough  This public meeting is an update on the Scarborough Waterfront Project.  This is your opportunity to have your comments included in the Environmental Assessment and to let the TRCA hear your voice and concerns about our beautiful beaches and shoreline  We hope you can attend! This is the beach we would like to preserve - 1.7 km of nature:   Grey Abbey Beach, Scarborough, ON