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| - Note: They are currently replacing the watermains along Dundas Street, SO it is extremely difficult to exit the Park *if* you want to go East on Dundas Street. There is no traffic light and a steady two-way traffic. It's best to go West and make a u-turn at Mississauga Rd.
I hate to admit this, but this place is in desperate need of REVITALIZATION! No exaggeration, this place has been the exact same for at least a decade...and not really in a good way.
Once you're on the park grounds, there are no public washrooms on-site. During my visit, on the first very hot day of Spring, it looked as though they were renovating the urine saunas that are in the parking lot.
What needs improvements:
1. Trails - "Rustic" is a euphemism for the state of things. There are dirt, paved, and gravel trails. Most of them are unkept and come to a dead-end. The dirt (more like mud) trails look as though a truck drove through them. Terrible if you have a stroller as they are uneven. It would be beneficial if there were actual set trails that go through various sceneries and join up;
2. Benches - There is no rhyme or reason for how these benches are placed. Some face the Credit River, while others face away, and others face a trail, completely exposed, no shade, very random;
3. Trees - Unkept. Tons of fall/dead trees that aren't trimmed back or cleared away;
4. Zero Draw - No fountain, café, buskers/street performers, waterpark, splash pad, zoo, or anything that prevents me from driving to High Park instead. The City needs to seriously consider putting some of our tax dollars BACK into this park to get people to go here other than attending a "family picnic".
I understand the argument that nature shouldn't be "touched", but it surely needs to be MAINTAINED, especially if it's City property. There is soo much potential here, but it is just wasted. Just a greenspace with disjointed, uneven, dead-end trails.
This place needs a landscaper/City Planner or whomever job it is to make trails and plan parks!
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