Tag: burke-gilman trail

August 15, 2013

OMG, do we really need to say this again? Complete the Missing Link already!

Seriously, I’m not sure how many more ways we can say this. Complete the Ballard Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman Trail! Tomorrow is the deadline to comment on the scope of the Environmental Impact Statement the city is beginning to put together about the Burke-Gilman Trail Missing Link in Ballard. Yes, it’s true. A decade…
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tagged: ballard, burke-gilman trail, missing link
July 31, 2013

USA Today calls Burke-Gilman Trail ‘nation’s pride’ + Remembering the 1970s NIMBY fight against it

The USA Today published a list of the best urban trails in the nation last week. Near the top of their list is, of course, Seattle’s Burke-Gilman Trail. The paper describes it like this: This former rail trail is a bike-obsessed city’s pride—and as far as urban bike paths go, arguably the nation’s. Its paved…
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tagged: burke-gilman trail, eastside rail corridor, mohai, usa today
July 29, 2013

August meeting will discuss scope of yet another Burke-Gilman Missing Link study

It has officially been a full decade since the City Council adopted plans to complete the Burke-Gilman Trail’s notorious Missing Link in Ballard (so notorious that is now a proper noun). The city is now starting it’s next attempt to break a legal logjam that has blocked its construction for years. But don’t get too…
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tagged: ballard, burke-gilman trail, missing link
May 6, 2013

Two Burke-Gilman improvements in the works in Wallingford and Frelard

The city has scheduled two Burke-Gilman Trail improvements this week: Improved ADA ramps in Frelard and an improved crossing at Latona Ave in Wallingford. Expect delays and detours starting today. Details on the Frelard work, from SDOT: Seattle Department of Transportation crews will begin upgrading ramps at three locations next week on the Burke-Gilman trail…
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tagged: burke-gilman trail, construction, frelard, sdot, wallingford
April 25, 2013

Parks Department taking emergency action to fix trail-blocking mudslide in Lake City

A mudslide that has continued to create hazards on the Burke-Gilman Trail in Lake City will be fixed, Parks officials said Wednesday. The owner of the private home on top of the cliff where the slide began had not been located after several days of trying, so Parks workers will take emergency action to protect…
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tagged: burke-gilman trail, lake city, parks and recreation
December 27, 2012

Today: City will announce Missing Link safety improvements – UPDATED

Mayor McGinn and Councilmember Tom Rasmussen will announce safety improvements to the Burke-Gilman Missing Link in Ballard this afternoon, according to Cascade Bicycle Club. They will be underneath the Ballard Bridge on Shilshole at 2:30 p.m. For a brief recap: The Missing Link has been planned, designed, approved and funded. However, a group of supposed…
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tagged: ballard, burke-gilman trail, cascade bicycle club, mike mcginn, missing link, tom rasmussen