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This latter decision creates a G-zoned corridor to the north end of a proposed Land Bridge for cyclists and pedestrians first suggested in 2001 in a study of parks and open spaces around Fort York by a consortium led by du Toit Allsopp Hillier. At the time the Land Bridge was seen as a component of the Front Street Extension, a project of the Waterfront Development Corporation. But with the Extension now delayed by a combination of factors, the Friends of Fort York will be urging the Corporation to undertake the Land Bridge on its own to reinforce north-south connections between the city and its waterfront. The south end of the Land Bridge, anchored in the Mustering Ground west of Fort York, is a missing link in the realization of an extensive system of bicycle paths up the Georgetown rail corridor, along the lakeshore and through the linear park in the Railway Lands between Bathurst and Simcoe streets.
The recently rezoned parcel is in the centre of this plan and sits somewhat offset from the head of the proposed Land Bridge over the rail corridors. (Fort York and Garrison Common Parks and Open Space Plan, p.56)
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