A one-time dump that used to swallow Toronto's trash may be in for a radical makeover.

The Keele Valley dump was where Toronto tossed its trash for about 20 years. That stopped in 2002 when local residents won a battle to have it shut down.

But nine years later the land is on the verge of a major transformation.

Last year the City of Vaughan took ownership of the northern part of the dump and is now working to come up with the money to develop this land into a huge park.

"I think we want to turn it around and make a positive change to it," said Sandra Yeug Racco, a Vaughan councillor. "We want to make sure we can use these lands and utilize it — so the community can utilize it."

The new park would cover 60 hectares and include baseball diamonds, soccer fields, a cricket pitch and a botanical gardens.

It would cover the part of the dump where the compost site used to be.

However, plans to redesign the main landfill site are still a long way down the road — mainly because the land hasn't settled and is still shifting. It will probably be another 15 years before work could start.

But Vaughan hopes one day there will be walking trails and lookout points where the landfill used to be.