Ravine updates

St. Clair Staircase: The Toronto Region Conservation Authority Request for Proposals to procure a geotechnical consultant to conduct slope stability assessments and conceptual design of the staircase has been drafted and will be released for bidding shortly. They hope to confirm the successful consultant in March. In the meantime, background review is underway with tree inventory and topographic surveys in progress.

Yellow Creek near Heath: The TRCA is actively working on tender documents and anticipate tender to be released for procurement of a contractor by late spring. Implementation is scheduled for August 2026.

Vale of Avoca Improvement Project: the RFP was posted online to support the procurement of a consultant, with a closing date of February 6, 2026. The TRCA hopes to award the contract after the TRCA Board of Directors meeting in March. 

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