Question re: construction on spit of Colonel Sam Smith
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Question re: construction on spit of Colonel Sam Smith

Shortsighted

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I've heard that there was some kind of construction going on along the east-west spit at CSSP.  Does anyone know anything about this?  Does the construction, if it is genuine, prevent access to Whimbrel Point of West Point?  I do know that some metal fencing was erected along the edges of the spit walkway but I haven't a clue to the plan.  Anyone know what's going on there?


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The construction is ongoing until 2027.


Yes, you can still access the waterfront, either by walking inside the fence or outside. It's not as easy as it used to be.


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Thanks for the update.  If anyone can walk on the spit between the fences, or between the fence and the water, then what is the fence suppose to achieve?  It's good to know that one can get around the fence because photography of waterfowl in the marina bay requires both getting close to the water level and having the sun behind the camera and unto the subject(s).  Still, it means you can't just approach the water, either the north side or the south side, just anywhere a subject might present itself, but instead makes it necessary to embrace one side or the other beforehand.  No fence-sitting.  That's all we need ... another polarizing influence.  I guess most of the marina bay ice is now melted.


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The fences barricade the roads which are supposed to be paved, I guess.


The marina still had ice cover when I was there.






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Thanks again.  It must be quite the complicated paving job if it is going to take them 2 years to finish it.  I wouldn't have thought that Toronto had the budget for that sort of undertaking.  Did you ever get to see the drake Harlequin ducks that seem to come and go, or the white-winged crossbills, which also present as unpredictable?  There was even a tufted duck that is now at TTP. Yesterday I saw a N. harrier on my local concession road, sitting at the top of a tall tree.  By the time I got into a position to deploy my lens it flew east over Altona Rd. and hovered a few times with rapid wing beats on its way.  It must have spotted something of interest.