Downtown outdoor spaces

[ijmorlan]

I suppose if CN were amenable you might be able to go slightly closer to the tracks than if not, but I don’t believe that I’m assuming the use of any rail right-of-way. From the IHT up to the lake there is an existing gravel road (I believe the former railway that used to turn and cross Jubilee Dr. at Park St.) which just needs to be paved; then the expensive bit is building a bridge over the water parallel to the rail bridge; then do an agreement with Victoria Park Place; I’m sure they would be happy to take some money and stop having to mow some of the grass on the side of the building facing the tracks. That gets it to Victoria St.

This is the trail/MUT that connects the Victoria Park loop trail to the IHT? Which was paved maybe last year (or the year before)?

Or are you referring the gravel road, parallel to the IHT, behind the maintenance building?

I’m going off the aerial imagery in Google Maps, which currently shows a gravel lane parallel to and east of the train track, specifically the track which crosses Park St. on a bridge; the gravel lane starts where the IHT crosses said track and continues up to where the track crosses the water. If that’s been paved then that is a significant improvement already, but continuing along parallel to the tracks right up to the transit hub would be an even bigger improvement.

Not answering your question directly because I haven’t actually been down there recently so I don’t know what is still gravel and what is paved, and I don’t know which maintenance building you mean. I hope my description is clear!