The Conflux Trail is an adaptive reuse project that seeks to transform a neglected underpass at Dundas St. W and Royal York Rd. into an open air mural gallery. The underpass will be made accessible by installing a 1.78 km trail over the desire line along the Kingsway Hydro Path, connecting Mimico Creek to the Humber River Recreational Trail.
The project involves installing a 1.78 km gravel path along a hydro corridor, creating a bench cut trail up the Humber valley, commissioning local artists and students from Etobicoke School of the Arts to paint murals, and installing fencing along rail bridges to create safe pedestrian causeways.
Looking southwest from the Conflux Gallery. The gravel path will follow the Crosstown Hydro Corridor south to connect with the Mimico Creek Trail.
Artworks by Kirsten McCrea, BirdO, and Thirza Schaap.
A neglected underpass beneath Dundas St. W. can be transformed into an open air mural gallery, featuring rotating programming by local artists, orgs and festivals.
The Crosstown Hydro Corridor extends south west from the Humber River and crosses above Royal York Rd. just north of Dundas St. W.
There is a wide gap between the rail tracks and the southern railing of the bridge, which has the potential to become a pedestrian walkway pending proper approvals from CP Rail.
A bench cut trail will ascend the Humber Valley to connect the Humber Recreational Trail to the Crosstown Hydro Corridor.