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One decision down, three more to go.

And London’s riverfront hangs in the balance.

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The next stage of a plan to protect and revitalize the Thames River kicked off Wednesday night with a public meeting at Museum London to unveil new designs for the Forks of the Thames and Harris Park.

“I hope it generates excitement for the potential that London has to create a really enhanced public realm, opening its doors to the river and celebrating the river. It’s one of the most unique places in the city,” Heath Mizer, a landscape architect with the Denver-based firm Civitas, said of the images.

Civitas and local consultant Stantec won a design competition in 2015 with their vision for a five-kilometre stretch of downtown waterfront, including an elevated boardwalk extending over the river at the forks of the Thames.

After years of hand-wringing over the fate of the busted Springbank Dam, a decisive council vote to let the river run free pushed the city into the next stage of the One River project, a master plan for the Thames.