WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? Yonge Street boardwalk in Aurora to open soon

Yorkregion.com
May 17, 2021

The Yonge Street Boardwalk project in Aurora is almost complete.

Here's what you need to know about it.

Just The Facts

-- The project commenced in October of 2020 and consists of a trailhead plaza area at the intersection of Yonge Street and St. John's Sideroad extending to a raised boardwalk on St. Andrew's College property in the floodplain adjacent to Tannery Creek.

-- The Yonge Street Boardwalk project is a collaboration between Aurora and St. Andrew's College, with partial funding provided by the York Region through their Municipal Streetscape Partnership Program.

-- This is an important off-road trail connection between the Lakeview/Willow Farm Trail and the Tim Jones Trail (Nokiidaa Trail).

-- Aurora is currently collaborating with St. Andrew's College and the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Area to provide wet-meadow and floodplain tree and shrub species to help naturalize the areas on either side of the boardwalk.

-- Interpretive signage will be installed at seating/lookout areas in the future.

-- The boardwalk is expected to be open to the public at the end of this May.