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There isn't really a formal process for a type of idea that is rarely proposed, let alone implemented.
In the context of a Planning Application, you would want to raise the idea w/the Planner on the file; but ideally, directly engage both Parks, and the local Councillor. For all intents and purposes each of these would have to sign off.
Removing public ROW that has infrastructure under it, as a road would, such as electricity, gas, water, sewer, and the telcos requires some additional discussion about how that infra would be handled (easement under new parkland, or removal/relocation.
The case to be made here is that it's adjacent to an existing public park and therefore has accretive value.
They could try that; though I think the ideal pitch here, is one that creates a functional park expansion (land you can do something with), that would likely require an on-site dedication, and then the removal of the road bed in favour of park space could be the Community Benefit.
Or it could simply be a city project, which the developer carries out on their behalf (maybe in exchange for credits against development charges).
It's not. There are only a handful of sites where it makes really good sense to me; and those, so far, have not been raised as possibilities publicly, except by me.
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