A group of cyclists is meeting to discuss the plans for the planned Lake Ontario Park which will run from Cherry Beach to the R.C. Harris Filtration Plant. (see previous article). This is a project the Toronto Waterfront Revitilization Corporation (TWRC)and this group wants to ensure that the TWRC has input from cyclists on the designs. Details of the meeting are in the e-mail that was sent out which is quoted below.

Hi Everyone, Building on the momentum from our first meeting in February, I would like to invite you to the next round of discussion and planning about Lake Ontario Park and what this means to the cycling community. I encourage you all to get active and be heard, since the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corp. (the ‘builder' of the Park) is quite open to our suggestions at this time.

WHEN: Next Thursday, April 5, 7-9 PM
WHERE: Pandarvis Room, International Student Centre @ 33 St. George St., just north of College

The idea is to discuss how we, as cyclists, envision the waterfront as a recreation destination. Aside from the obvious issue of cycling access andconnectivity to the (eastern) waterfront, which is also up for discussion, here's a recap of some suggestions from our first meeting:
(1) Trail construction that naturally encourages users moving at different speeds to separate themselves (e.g. using different colour/material for different bands of each lane)
(2) Trail wide enough to *comfortably* accommodate multiple types of users in both directions (i.e. wider than many existing trails)
(3) Ensuring distance between dog off-leash areas and the trail to minimize collisions (ie. don't have trail running through the middle of a field)
(4) A trail layout that has unobstructed sight lines
(5) Appropriate road width and smooth road surfaces to accommodate road cyclists (typically doing time trial training), even for relocated roads that may not, technically, be inside the new park perimeter
For more info about Lake Ontario Park, these documents should do the trick:
http://www.towaterfront.ca/dbdocs//45b1277ce7719.pdf
http://www.towaterfront.ca/dbdocs//45b7b7d904644.pdf
See you next week,
Tovi

You can get more information on the Lake Ontario Park at the following link TWRC Projects: Lake Ontario Park.