The Ashbridges Bay Site Design Project is a project that will see landscaping occur around the perimeter of the Ashbridges Bay Treatment Plant which is located on the Lake Ontario shoreline between Leslie Street and Coxwell Avenue. Part of that project will be the construction of new walking and cycling trails around the treatment plan and the construction of links to the current Martin Goodman Trail in the area. Earlier in the process there was some consideration of rerouting the Martin Goodman Trail along the lake between the Leslie Street Spit and Coxwell Avenue south of the treatment plant. It appears the preferred option now it to maintain the Martin Goodman trail in its current course and have linkages between it and the new circuit that will go around the treatment plant.

A process of community consultation has been a part of this project. It has been going on since January 2001. They hosted two Design Charrettes or workshops which looked at four design options.
These have different routings for the Martin Goodman Trail (the blue line) and the new walking/cycling path or 'circuit' (the green line). Through that process they have narrowed it to the option in the upper left hand corner of the above graphic. You can get more information on the possible designs on the Design page of their web site.

There will be a final design charrette or workshop that will allow more public input in to the final design to further refine the routing of the circuit, the connections to the Martin Goodman Trail, the placement and design of interpretive nodes and other amenities. This third charrette will happen on April 13th from 11:00 am to 3:30 pm. It includes a tour of the site. You have to register if you want to attend. There are more details on the event and how to register on their events page