Tag: burke-gilman trail

October 29, 2013

Tree removal in Lake Forest Park will cause delays on Burke-Gilman Trail

If you’re heading through Lake Forest Park today or tomorrow, you might want to factor in some delay time as crews remove some cottonwood trees. Details from King County Parks: We’re going to be removing a pair of high-risk cottonwood trees along the trail near Northeast 170th. They’re giant trees, and they’ve been dropping small…
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tagged: burke-gilman trail, king county parks, lake forest park
October 11, 2013

King County updating Burke-Gilman intersections in Kenmore + Look out for event Sunday morning

If you’re going to be out biking Sunday morning, expect some delays and detours on the Burke-Gilman and Ship Canal Trails. The Biggest Loser Run Walk will have 5K and half marathon events with an anticipated 2,000 participants. Cascade Bicycle Club has the details on the trail closure schedule: Starting at 8 a.m., the event…
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tagged: biggest loser 2013, bike route alerts, burke-gilman trail, king county parks, ship canal trail
October 8, 2013

Murray calls Burke-Gilman Trail a ‘treasure,’ hopes for a safe completion of the Ballard Missing Link

Ed Murray’s campaign issued a statement today saying that his comments to the Seattle Times’ Jonathan Martin came off as “overly skeptical” of the city’s plans to complete the Burke-Gilman Trail’s notorious “Missing Link” in Ballard. We wrote about his comments yesterday, as they seemed to imply that he opposed completing the long-sought trail segment.…
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tagged: ballard, burke-gilman trail, ed murray, missing link
October 7, 2013

Ed Murray does not want to complete the Burke-Gilman Missing Link – UPDATED

“There goes my bike support,” Seattle mayoral candidate joked to the Seattle Times’ Jonathan Martin after coming out against completing the Ballard Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman Trail. I’m guessing that the hundreds — maybe thousands — of Seattle residents and visitors who have crashed and injured themselves on this stretch of notoriously dangerous road…
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tagged: 2013 mayoral race, ballard, burke-gilman trail, ed murray, mike mcginn, missing link
October 4, 2013

Woman found dead on the Burke-Gilman Trail – UPDATED

A passerby on the Burke-Gilman Trail found a young woman who had apparently died of a gunshot wound early this morning in Wallingford. Information released so far does not indicate the incident was bike-related or that it was a random attack. Preliminary details from SPD: At 4:30 this morning, a passerby called Seattle Police and…
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tagged: burke-gilman trail, crime, wallingford
September 6, 2013

No TIGER grant for the Burke-Gilman through UW

The University of Washington did not win the extremely competitive TIGER grant from the Federal government to rehab and widen the Burke-Gilman Trail through their campus. However, they of course have not given up, with UW’s Commute Options Manager Celeste Gilman saying that they are “actively working on Plan B.” The university was seeking $12…
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tagged: burke-gilman trail, sound transit, TIGER, uw