Tag: ballard
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Ballard Locks to open an hour later
My Ballard reports that the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks will open at 6:30 a.m. instead of 5:30 as they have been in the past year. They will still open before the posted hours. From My Ballard: “For the past four years, we have been opening the gates at 5:30 a.m. for the Muckleshoot Tribe to…
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Missing Link completion appealed again
As anticipated, opponents of the plan to complete the Burke-Gilman Missing Link through Ballard have appealed the city’s recent Determination of Non-Significance (DNS). This appeal will further delay the project. The appeal was anticipated, and this group of big Ballard tenants like Ballard Oil and Salmon Bay Sand & Gravel have vowed to use any…
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Go on the record to support completion of the Burke-Gilman missing link
I know I just asked you to take a minute to support the Vulnerable Users Bill, but you have been called to action again. As regular readers of this blog know, the city recently completed a study that determined completion of the Burke-Gilman Trail through Ballard would not have a significant adverse impact on the…
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SDOT (again) proposes completion of Burke-Gilman missing link – UPDATED
SDOT has released the revised SEPA Determination of Non-Significance (DNS) proposing to complete the dangerous and infamous Burke-Gilman Missing Link through Ballard. From Anne-Marije Rook at the Ballard News Tribune: A DNS for this proposal was originally issued in 2008, but the project description has been revised to include a trail alignment along Shilshole Avenue…
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Ballard’s Bikeability: Could Portland’s lessons work well there?
In April, Adam Parast wrote a post for Seattle Transit Blog about a GIS project he had done to analyze a city’s bikeability. The project is full of fantastic information and pondering about what it means for a city or a neighborhood to be bikeable, and how Seattle’s challenges compare to a city that is…
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Another bicycle traffic advisory: Seaview and Golden Gardens
SDOT will be working on the overpass at Seaview Ave NW and Golden Gardens Drive NW in Golden Gardens Park tomorrow and Friday. During work, bicyclists will have to dismount and walk. Through traffic will not be allowed, but pedestrians will. From SDOT: Taking advantage of favorable weather, Seattle Department of Transportation paving crews plan…
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