04-20-2017, 01:01 PM
(04-20-2017, 11:12 AM)KevinL Wrote: [ -> ]Looking over the maps it seems that, if the railway corridor is mainly ruled out, then a good route would be:
Just a quick assemblage of segments, but I think it could be doable. Thoughts?
- From the Iron Horse at Gage, take Raddatz Park along the north side of the creek to the end of Waverly.
- Take Waverly to Strange. Yes, this will have to be on-street; I'm not familiar with the traffic here or how problematic this might be.
- Cross Strange into Cherry Park. Maybe reconfigure the parking lot so the trail is unimpeded. Upgrade the existing park trail, and follow it to Park and Stewart.
- Cross Park and run the trail along the south side of Stewart; there's only one driveway here, for the Home Hardware parking, and the trail can be kept mostly separate from traffic.
- Here's where things get tricky. Expropriate a slice of the Home Hardware lumber yard (hopefully no need to touch the structure) and bring the trail over the Huron Spur (uh oh, railway approvals needed). Then, use a thin slice of the former Kitchener works yard to get the trail to the UW lands and King Street.
If you check out the end of Joseph on the 3D earth view there is already a crossing near the building at the end of Stewart Street. I have no idea what the old garage type building is but there looks like some room to run a trail to the existing crossing there.