In 2021, the City and Toronto and Region Conservation Authority applied for approval to plan and carry out the construction of a multi-use trail under the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment provisions of the Environmental Assessment Act (the “Act”). The particular project is to build an 800-metre trail to close a gap in the Humber River Recreational Trail (the “Trail”) from Mallaby Park west of St. Phillip’s road to the southern entrance to Crawford-Jones Memorial Park off Cardell Ave (the “Project”). On January 18, 2023, the Minister of Environment, Conservation, and Parks (the “Minister”) issued an order requiring that the City and Toronto and Region Conservation Authority carry out an individual environmental assessment of the Project (the “Order”). The Order states that allowing the Project to proceed on the basis of the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment would not be consistent with the purposes of the Act. Confidential Attachment 1 provides further information and advice regarding the Minister’s decision.
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