Media Advisory - Official Opening - Phase 2 of Port Union Waterfront Park

TORONTO, June 20, 2013 /CNW/ - Waterfront Toronto and its government partners will officially open the second and final phase of Port Union Waterfront Park at the community's annual Port Union Waterfront Festival. A unique and accessible urban escape, Port Union Waterfront Park provides nearly four kilometres of beautiful shoreline recreational space in a part of Toronto's eastern waterfront that historically lacked public access.  

WHO:	Corneliu Chisu, MP (Pickering-Scarborough East)
	Hon. Tracy MacCharles, Ontario Minister of Consumer Services and MPP (Pickering-Scarborough East)
	Ron Moeser, Toronto Councillor Ward 44, Scarborough East
	Brian Denney, CEO, Toronto and Region Conservation
	Mark Wilson, Chair, Waterfront Toronto
WHAT:	Official opening of final phase of Port Union Waterfront Park
WHEN:	Saturday, June 22, 2013 at 11:00 a.m.
WHERE:	Port Union Waterfront Park, Lookout Structure at the water's edge
	Access to the event is through Port Union Village Common at the foot of Port Union Road. Walk south through the pedestrian underpass towards the lake to the lookout structure.
Getting There
By car:	From the west - Take Hwy 401 east and take exit 390 toward Port Union Rd/Hwy   2-A.  Turn left onto Kingston Rd. Take the first right onto Port Union Rd and go south approximately 2.5 km.
	From the east - Take Hwy 401 west and take exit 392 toward Port Union Rd/​Sheppard Avenue. Turn left onto Kingston Rd. Turn left onto Port Union Rd and go south approximately 2.5 km.
By transit:	Take GO Transit to Rouge Hill Station and walk approximately 300 metres west to the event site.

SOURCE: Waterfront Toronto

Tari Stork, Manager, Project Communications, T: 416-214-1344 ext. 279 / C: 416-414-1577 / [email protected]