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September 21 and 22
2 days, 2 disciplines, 2 ways to participate – defining our professional roles and uniting to build more equitable, accessible and inspired communities.
#2GETHER2022
The Thames Valley Corridor is one of London’s most important natural, cultural, recreational, and aesthetic resources. Located along the Thames River, the corridor is a complex system of sensitive ecological habitats, intensive public recreation areas, and developed urban lands that are interconnected by a municipal pathway system called the Thames Valley Parkway (TVP). Comprising over 40 kilometres of multi-use pathway, the TVP is the City’s primary multi-use recreational trail. The TVP - North Branch Connection project addressed a major gap in the Thames Valley Parkway between Richmond Street and Adelaide Street, connecting Ross Park to the North London Athletic Fields. Constructed in 2020, the new 1.8-kilometre connection in the pathway system is the result of long-term planning and consultation through the Parks and Recreation Master Plan and Cycling Master Plan, an extensive Environmental Assessment (EA), and collaboration across many disciplines, from structural, municipal and water resource engineering, to planning, landscape architecture, and natural resource management. With the recreational pathway constructed through mostly undisturbed naturalized land, Dillon collaborated with the City of London and the Upper Thames Conservation Authority to minimize the construction footprint and ecological impacts to the local wildlife. This section of trail features two pedestrian bridges spanning the North Thames River and is fully accessible to all ages and abilities. By completing this gap in the TVP, it has opened up the trail network to thousands of Londoners in the northeast end of the City. This session will include a walking tour of the North Branch Connection, to experience the scenic river crossings, vegetation and sensitive ecological habitats that have been preserved and protected within the Thames Valley Corridor, while highlighting the importance of protecting the City’s natural heritage through integrated planning across many disciplines, stakeholders and consultants.