Durham Meadoway Project

Fall 2022

The Region of Durham’s Transportation Planning team engaged students in the development of the Durham Meadoway Plan. The Durham Meadoway will be a 27 km multi-use path and linear park stretching through the Gatineau Hydro Corridor from Rouge National Urban Park in Pickering to Simcoe Street in Oshawa. The Durham Meadoway Plan is intended to establish a vision for the corridor and provide guidance for the more detailed planning work that will happen at the local level. The project was inspired by other Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) hydro corridor trail projects, particularly The Meadoway project in Scarborough.

In addition to the active transportation component, the plan will address the following:

• Placemaking and public art
• Community amenities and programming (e.g., recreational facilities, gathering spaces, community gardens)
• Habitat restoration and opportunities for environmental education and stewardship
• Opportunities connect visitors to Indigenous history, values, knowledge and experience
• High-level guidance for branding and visual identity
• Smart City technologies (in collaboration with the Region’s Broadband project)

Project Hubbub poster