Toronto, March 17, 2011 – Canada’s Sugar Beach and the Martin Goodman Trail improvements at Marilyn Bell Park have received Regional Awards of Excellence from the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA).
Toronto, September 19, 2009 – Waterfront Toronto, together with the Governments of Canada, Ontario and City of Toronto, officially opened the newly revitalized Martin Goodman Trail at Ontario Place today. The new 1.3 kilometre, tree-lined trail section is a critical new link in the 56 kilometre Martin Goodman Trail which provides opportunities for alternative modes of travel across the waterfront in a safe and attractive environment.
Toronto, March 27, 2009 – The first phase of a multi-year environmental assessment and integrated urban design study is now underway to decide the future of the Gardiner Expressway from Jarvis Street to east of the Don Valley Parkway.
July 28, 2008 - Waterfront Toronto together with its government partners, Toronto and Region Conservation and the local community officially opened Phase 1 of Mimico Waterfront Park today.
Located on the shores of Lake Ontario and bounded by Superior Avenue Parkette in the east and Norris Crescent Parkette in the west, the park provides west end Toronto residents with a new lakefront public green space in an area that previously lacked public access to the waterfront.
Toronto, July 15, 2008 – Toronto City Council has approved Waterfront Toronto’s proposal to undertake an individual environmental assessment on removing part of the elevated Gardiner Expressway and replacing it with a lakefront eight-lane boulevard.
Toronto, May 29, 2008 - Waterfront Toronto’s Board of Directors, at its June 12th meeting, will formally consider the partial removal of the Gardiner Expressway.