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(graphic courtesy of BikeToronto)
Biking through Cherry Beach is one of the nicest rides along the waterfront, but the Martin-Goodman trail is closed for soil remediation for April and May:
From April - May, 2007, portions of the Martin Goodman Trail, as well as the entire east parking lot at Cherry Beach, will be closed so the environmental restoration work can take place.Cherry Beach has been called the cleanest part of Lake Ontario in Toronto (I learned this in my dragonboating days...), so it's rather sad that there's a bunch of nasty chemicals and stuff underground that the TWRC wants to clean up before making it part of Lake Ontario Park, filled with sports fields and such.
The work is necessary to remove contaminants that are floating on the groundwater. Proven technologies are being used to address the contamination. This involves digging trenches and installing a pumping system to pump the contaminated groundwater to a treatment station on the former Safety Kleen site where the contaminants will be screened, filtered, and treated appropriately. The contaminated material will then be securely shipped to a licensed treatment facility on a regular basis.
Anyhow, it'll be atleast June until we can ride through there again - these projects don't often finish on time.
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