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Implementation Workbook Section I IMPLEMENTATION WORKBOOK SECTION I TRAIL CAPITAL PROJECTS WORKBOOK: SECTION I – TRAIL CAPITAL PROJECTS: CANDIDATE LIST Durham Region Regional Trail Name Trail Municipality Trail Trail Description Existing Gap Completed Start Location End Location Gap Location Project Trail Gap Map Typology Length Length (%) Stage Priority # Multi-Use Trails with Etobicoke Creek Carruthers Creek 407 Transitway TBA Pickering Corridor 0 13.9 0% N/A Planning Medium Manufactured Surfaces Trail Trail Carruthers Creek Multi-Use Trails with 1. Audley Rd/Achilles Rd. to Ajax TBA Ajax Valley 6.4 2.9 69% Waterfront Trail Taunton Road Trail Planning Low Trail Manufactured Surfaces Downs Multi-Use Trails with 1. Ajax GO Station to Wright Duffins Creek Trail TBA Ajax Valley 7.1 1.1 87% The Great Trail Taunton Road Trail Planning Medium Manufactured Surfaces Crescent Pickering Utility Corridors or Former Rail Pipeline Trail TBA Corridor 0 13 0% West Humber Trail The Great Trail N/A Planning Low Ajax Lines Rouge Gateway Pickering Oak Ridges TBA Ridge Footpaths with Natural Surfaces 2.2 6 27% Rouge Trail 1. Goodwood CA to Rouge Trail Planning Low Trail Uxbridge Moraine Trail Multi-Use Trails with Oak Ridges 1. Waterfront Trail to Glen Rouge Rouge Trail TBA Pickering Valley 0 0.8 0% Waterfront Trail Planning High Manufactured Surfaces Moraine Trail Campground 1. Grand Valley Park to Beverley Seaton Trail TBA Pickering Ridge Footpaths with Natural Surfaces 12.4 1.9 87% The Great Trail 407 Transitway Planning Medium Morgan Park The Meadoway Utility Corridors or Former Rail TBA Pickering Corridor 3.7 5.6 40% N/A N/A N/A Planning Low (Finch) Lines The Meadoway Utility Corridors or Former Rail TBA Pickering Corridor 0 4 0% N/A N/A N/A Planning High (Gatineau) Lines WORKBOOK: SECTION I – TRAIL CAPITAL PROJECTS: CANDIDATE LIST Peel Region Regional Trail Trail Municipality Trail Trail Description Existing Gap Completed Start Location End Location Gap Location Project Trail Gap Name Map Typology Length Length (%) Stage Priority # (km) (km) Multi-Use Trails with Manufactured Etobicoke Creek 407 Transitway TBA Brampton Corridor 0 12.7 0% TBD N/A Planning Medium Surfaces Trail Brampton Utility Corridors or Former Rail Airport Rd and Airport Road Trail TBA Corridor 0 31.4 0% Pearson Airport N/A Planning Low Caledon Lines Hwy 9 Bloor/Danforth Multi-Use Trails with Manufactured TBA Mississauga Corridor 0 0.37 0% N/A N/A N/A Planning Medium Bike Lanes Surfaces 1. Copperfield Rd. to New Pines Planning Trail Multi-Use Trails with Manufactured Etobicoke Creek Esker Trail TBA Brampton Ridge 14.5 2.3 86% 407 Transitway Medium Surfaces Trail 2. Steeles Ave. to 407 Transitway Planning 1. Dixie Rd. to Kennedy Road Planning Brampton Etobicoke Creek Multi-Use Trails with Manufactured TBA Caledon Valley 31 11.9 72% Waterfront Trail Caledon Trailway High Trail Surfaces Mississauga 2. Valleybrook Cres. to Caledon Planning Trailway Utility Corridors or Former Rail West Humber Pipeline Trail TBA Brampton Corridor 6.4 10.2 39% The Great Trail N/A Planning Low Lines Trail The Meadoway Utility Corridors or Former Rail TBA Mississauga Corridor 0 4.2 0% N/A N/A N/A Planning Medium (Finch) Lines 1. Claireville Dam to Goreway Planning Drive Multi-Use Trails with Manufactured West Humber Trail TBA Brampton Valley 1.4 9.6 13% Humber Trail Pipeline Trail Medium Surfaces 2. Goreway Drive to Stephen Detailed Llewellyn Trail Design WORKBOOK: SECTION I – TRAIL CAPITAL PROJECTS: CANDIDATE LIST Toronto Region Regional Trail Name Trail Municipality Trail Trail Description Existing Gap Completed Start Location End Location Gap Location Project Stage Trail Gap Map Typology Length Length (%) Priority # (km) (km) 1. Newgate Blvd. to Times Planning Road Utility Corridors or Eglinton Avenue Beltline Trail TBA - Corridor 10.8 0.7 94% Don River Trail Medium Former Rail Lines Trail 2. Bowie Ave. to Eglinton Ave. Planning West 1. Black Creek Pioneer Village Conceptual to Vaughan Metropolitan Design Centre Vaughan Multi-Use Trails with Black Creek Trail TBA - Valley 7.4 5.3 58% Metropolitan Humber Trail 2. Downsview Dells Park to Detailed Medium Manufactured Surfaces Centre Giovanni Caboto Park Design 3. Giovanni Caboto Park to Detailed Humber Trail Design Waterfront Utility Corridors or Etobicoke Creek Bloor/Danforth Bike Lanes TBA - Corridor 2.5 25.2 9% Trail/The Great N/A Planning Medium Former Rail Lines Trail Trail Utility Corridors or Massey Creek Bloor-Massey Creek Connection TBA - Corridor 0 0.8 0% Danforth Ave. N/A Planning Medium Former Rail Lines Trail Multi-Use Trails with Massey Creek East Don Trail TBA - Valley 2.7 6.7 29% Lawrence Ave. N/A Construction High Manufactured Surfaces Trail On-Road Bicycle Finch Hydro Eglinton Avenue Trail TBA - Corridor 7.2 3.2 69% Beltline Trail 1. Beltline Trail to Jane Street Planning Medium Routes Corridor Multi-Use Trails with 1. Etobicoke Valley Park to Conceptual Etobicoke Creek Trail TBA - Valley 6.2 0.9 87% Waterfront Trail TBD Medium Manufactured Surfaces Fleetwood Park Design Multi-Use Trails with Conceptual Humber Trail TBA - Valley 24.7 0.5 98% Waterfront Trail Caledon Trailway 1. Thackeray Park to Boyd CA High Manufactured Surfaces Design - Multi-Use Trails with Oak Ridges 1. Don Spur Trail to Lake to Lake Trail TBA Varies 26.3 0.7 97% Waterfront Trail Planning Medium Manufactured Surfaces Moraine Trail Sunnybrook Park 1. Victoria Park Ave. to Planning Pharmacy Ave. Multi-Use Trails with Massey Creek Trail TBA - Valley 7.3 3.6 67% Warden Station East Don Trail High Manufactured Surfaces 2. St. Clair Ave. to Meadoway Planning (Gatineau) 1. Waterfront Trail to Glen Planning Rouge Campground Multi-Use Trails with Oak Ridges Rouge Trail TBA - Valley 8.5 1.6 84% Waterfront Trail High Manufactured Surfaces Moraine Trail 2. Meadowvale Rd. to Steeles Planning Avenue 1. Centennial Park to West Humber Trail Planning Utility Corridors or 2. West Humber Trail to Conceptual The Meadoway (Finch) TBA - Corridor 20.7 25.0 45% Humber Trail Seaton Trail High Former Rail Lines Norfinch Drive Design Conceptual 3. Dufferin to G. Ross Lord Design Park WORKBOOK: SECTION I – TRAIL CAPITAL PROJECTS: CANDIDATE LIST 4. Don River Trail to Silver Star Conceptual Blvd Design 5. Middlefield Rd. to Rouge Planning Park 6. Rouge Park to Seaton Trail Planning 1. Bermondsey Road to Conceptual Victoria Park Ave. Design 2. Kennedy Road to Marcos Conceptual Utility Corridors or The Meadoway Blvd. Design The Meadoway (Gatineau) TBA - Corridor 11.1 8.2 58% Don River Trail High Former Rail Lines (Finch) 3. Scarborough Golf Club Road Conceptual to Conlins Rd. Design 4. Meadowvale Rd. to Rouge Conceptual Park Design Utility Corridors or Summerhill Rail The Meadoway (Kipling) TBA - Corridor 0 2.1 0% West Deane Trail N/A Planning Medium Former Rail Lines Corridor Trail Utility Corridors or The Meadoway The Meadoway The Meadoway (Warden) TBA - Corridor 1.5 8.5 15% N/A Planning Low Former Rail Lines (Gatineau) (Finch) Waterfront Trail (includes sections of The Multi-Use Trails with Detailed Great Trail, Lake to Lake Trail, The TBA - Waterfront 34.4 8.5 80% N/A N/A 1. Scarborough Bluffs EA High Manufactured Surfaces Design Meadoway (Gatineau) 1. York University (Glendon) to Planning Earl Bales Park Multi-Use Trails with West Don Trail TBA - Valley 13.4 8.4 61% Don River Trail Pipeline Trail Medium Manufactured Surfaces 2. West Don Parkland to G. Planning Ross Lord Park 1. Dundas Street to Liberty Detailed Village Design Utility Corridors or West Toronto Railpath TBA - Corridor 2.2 10.2 18% TBD TBD Medium Former Rail Lines 2. Cariboo Avenue to Weston Planning UP WORKBOOK: SECTION I – TRAIL CAPITAL PROJECTS: CANDIDATE LIST York Region Regional Trail Name Trail Municipality Trail Trail Description Existing Gap Completed Start Location End Location Gap Location Project Stage Trail Gap Map Typology Length Length (%) Priority # Vaughan Multi-Use Trails with 407 Transitway TBA Richmond Hill Corridor 0 41.4 0% TBD TBD N/A Planning Medium Manufactured Surfaces Markham Multi-Use Trails with Black Creek Vaughan Black Creek Trail TBA Vaughan Valley 0 2.6 0% N/A Planning Medium Manufactured Surfaces Pioneer Village Metropolitan Centre East-West Humber Utility Corridors or Former The Meadoway 1. Huntington Rd to Block 55 TBA Vaughan Corridor 0 2.9 0% Humber Trail Planning Low Connection Rail Lines (Vaughan) Development Humber-Don King Multi-Use Trails with Oak Ridges TBA Varies 0 3.2 0% Pipeline Trail N/A Planning Low Connection Vaughan Manufactured Surfaces Corridor Park Trail Detailed 1. Thackeray Park to Boyd CA Design King Multi-Use Trails with 2. Nashville Conservation Detailed Humber Trail TBA Valley 7.9 20.3 28% Thackeray Park Bolton High Vaughan Manufactured Surfaces Reserve to Bolton Design 3. McMichael Gallery to Nashville Detailed Conservation Reserve Design Markham Multi-Use Trails with Oak Ridges Moraine Detailed Lake to Lake Trail TBA Varies 1.7 12.2 12% Waterfront Trail N/A Medium Richmond Hill Manufactured Surfaces Trail Design Moraine Corridor Park Multi-Use Trails with Humber-Don Oak Ridges Moraine TBA King Ridge 2.2 3.3 40% N/A Planning Medium Connection Manufactured Surfaces Connection Trail 1. ORCPE to Gormley GO Planning Oak Ridges Corridor King Multi-Use Trails with 2. Jefferson Side Rd. to Tower Planning TBA Ridge 9.6 2.2 81% Gormley GO Pipeline Trail High Park Trail Richmond Hill Manufactured Surfaces Hill Rd. 3. Gamble Road to Pipeline Trail Planning Vaughan Utility Corridors or Former Pipeline Trail TBA Richmond Hill Corridor 5.5 34.2 14% West Humber Trail The Great Trail N/A Planning Low Rail Lines Markham Footpaths with Natural Oak Ridges Rouge Gateway Trail TBA Markham Varies 0 2.6 0% Rouge Trail N/A Planning Low Surfaces Moraine Trail 1.
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