Disability Issues - Rebuilding and relocating the weekday Morrison St entry path through Humber.

TRCA has installed a notification sign of a new entrance to Sam Smith Park at the rustic Morrison weekday gateway. The work is set to commence after July 1 and wrap up by the New Year.

Prior to July, TRCA will have a period of input, and DASSP will need to be involved.

At this time, there is a need to move the entrance because the current small entrance is actually on the property of the adjoining property owner. The property line is at the midpoint of the parking lot, so the fence needs to move to the left/south, so that it is on City property.

This is the current entrance, which needs to be relocated.

The new entrance would be to the left/south in the proximity of a large, healthy old growth tree, which TRCA wants to cut down (they have already painted a red dot on the tree) 

DAASP supports retaining the tree, and simply leveraging the existing north/south path, by smoothing and rebuilding it, while landscaping the parking lot to a gradual grade, down to the path, in front of the tree, without harming it.

Disability issues arise, as a new fence may need to be erected between the path and the Small Bowl, for the protection of elderly, wheelchairs, mobility devices etc.

With the Helen Keller Centre being completed now, the Visually Impaired population of New Toronto will be increasing exponentially and the upgraded path will require modifications to accommodate the group.

This is the location of the proposed new entrance. You can observe the tree in question, behind the fence.

This is the healthy tree that TRCA proposes removing.