The Do Nothing option is being considered in all of the site-specific evaluations as a comparison to what the shoreline would look like in the long-term compared to how it looks now. Do Nothing assumes that regular maintenance currently being performed by the Town of Ajax and TRCA continues, and that the predicted erosion rates are accurate. However, since erosion is a natural process it is difficult to predict the localized effects of significant storms or the increase in frequency of storm events due to climate change.

While efforts were made to include these in all analyses, we recognize that these are predictions only; and therefore a monitoring program is suggested to accompany the Do Nothing option in the reaches where it is identified as a preferred alternative.