The city is pushing ahead with plans to build a deck park over a stretch of therail corridor downtown from Bathurst St. to Blue Jays Way. ( City of Toronto )Toronto is a small step closer to getting a 21-acre downtown park over the rail corridor but huge questions remain about paying for it and securing rights to build there at all. “I believe rail deck park will be the Central Park of Toronto. City staff say the core is the most park-deficient area in the city, with a population expected to double from 200,000 in 2011 to 475,000 in 2041. Councillor Ana Bailao said Torontonians are “skeptical” of the rail deck plan, and it needs to be part of a citywide parks strategy.

Source: thestar September 23, 2016 03:22 UTC