PETERBOROUGH-Trail construction will be starting next week at Waverly Heights Municipal Park, located at 1189 Scollard Drive along the Trent-Severn Waterway in Peterborough.
Parks Canada says beginning the week of September 26, 2022, safety fencing and signage will be erected, and construction equipment will start to arrive on site. Excavation and grading for the accessible multi-use pathway will start in early October and will be completed in November 2022 according to officials. This will include restoration of the park lawn and trailside areas impacted by construction.
Access to most areas of the park including the playground equipment and basketball court are expected to remain open during construction. No impacts to roadway traffic or navigation on the canal are anticipated.
Turf restoration and landscaping activities to complete the project will be finalised in the spring of 2023 once the weather becomes favourable for such activities.
This pathway will connect pedestrians and cyclists with the existing Thompson’s Bay Dam Trail, and also serve as an inspection and maintenance access route for the dam.
Parks Canada says it will make every effort to limit the impact of construction and maintenance work on visitors and residents. Members of the public are advised to obey all safety signage which will be in place.
