Scarborough RT could be turned into linear park [Video]

The Scarborough RT may be a thing of the past, but a motion headed for city council next week could reimagine the 6.4-kilometre railway as a park of the future.

The motion, put forward by Scarborough North Coun. Jamaal Myers and seconded by Coun. Paul Ainslie, tasks the heads of CreateTO and other city agencies with identifying “opportunities for the development of a new linear park and active transportation corridor” on the existing infrastructure.

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New York’s beloved High Line and Atlanta’s Beltline are referenced among other examples as to what the project could look like, both of which used former railways to create new spaces in those cities.

“The possibility of converting the elevated right-of-way portions of Line 3 into an iconic linear public park and mobility space remains an important act of city-building,” the motions reads, noting that council already …