{"id":1333,"date":"2006-11-15T21:42:03","date_gmt":"2006-11-16T01:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=1333"},"modified":"2006-11-15T21:42:04","modified_gmt":"2006-11-16T01:42:04","slug":"the-fate-of-the-cherry-beach-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/11\/15\/the-fate-of-the-cherry-beach-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"The fate of the Cherry Beach trees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blueflag.org\/images\/beachimages\/canada\/Clarke-Beach-Park-Web.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Anyone interested in learning more about plans to build soccer fields on the contaminated, but forested, soils by Cherry Beach &#8212; and judging by the more than 3,000 names that have signed the petition to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.savecherrybeach.ca\/\">&#8220;Save Cherry Beach&#8221; <\/a>there are a lot of you &#8212; may want to consider attending a meeting scheduled for tomorrow night. Thursday Nov. 16, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geocities.com\/plactoronto\/\">Port Lands Action Committee<\/a> will discuss issues of tree removal and replacement and soil contamination at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ralphthornton.org\/\">Ralph Tornton Centre<\/a> (765 Queen Street East).<\/p>\n<p>Clear cutting over 250 mature trees for soccer fields, when there is already barron space, and plans, for them to be built elsewhere in the Port Lands, certainly stinks, but I have a feeling this issue is much more complex than either side makes it out to be. What is the soil contaminated with? Would it need to be remediated if the area wasn&#8217;t going to be developed? Why build temporary soccer fields (if this is in fact the plan)? And what happened to the plans to build permanent ones elsewhere? Why the sudden change?<\/p>\n<p>Skeptical? Have questions? 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