Tag: eastside trail

September 6, 2018

The Eastside Rail Trail grows: Celebrate Renton-to-Bellevue Saturday + A look at Kirkland-to-Spring District

King County will celebrate the opening of the newest section of the Eastside Rail Trail in Renton Saturday. The four-mile segment connects Gene Coulon Park to Newcastle Beach Park. Details from King County: Dear Friend of the ERC, Join King County Parks and our ERC trail partners on Saturday, September 8 at 10:30 a.m., as…
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tagged: bellevue, eastside rail corridor, eastside trail, king county, renton, spring district
August 7, 2017

Five miles of the Eastside Trail could open by the end of the year

Five miles of the Eastside Trail are on schedule to open by the end of the year, including a mile extension from the current end of the Cross Kirkland Corridor Trail and four miles of trail between Renton and Newport Beach Park just south of I-90. These interim trail sections will be hardpack gravel, similar…
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tagged: eastside rail corridor, eastside trail
April 27, 2017

Which of these awesome bike/walk bridges to Totem Lake is the most awesome?

The City of Kirkland wants to know: Which of these awesome bike/walk bridge designs is the most awesome? The Cross Kirkland Corridor trail effectively ends today at NE 124th Street near the intersection with Totem Lake Blvd NE, but the city wants to continue it north to connect into the under-development plans in the Totem…
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tagged: cross kirkland corridor, eastside trail, kirkland, totem lake
February 14, 2017

King County Council approves the Eastside Trail Master Plan 9-0

The King County Council approved a master plan for a trail along the Eastside Rail Corridor Monday by a unanimous vote of 9–0. The vote is a key step towards creating the region’s most significant new trail since the Burke-Gilman opened in 1978. Connecting through or near the hearts of major Eastside communities from Renton…
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tagged: bellevue, claudia balducci, cross kirkland corridor, dow constantine, eastside rail corridor, eastside trail, king county council, kirkland, renton, woodinville
October 19, 2016

$10M committed to rehab historic trestle. Can the Eastside Trail open by 2020?

King County Executive Dow Constantine and Governor Jay Inslee shared the podium Tuesday to announce $10 million dollars in funding commitments from local, regional, state and private partners to rehab the most difficult and stunning parts of the planned Eastside Trail: The Wilburton Trestle. The historic trestle towers above local streets and I-405 with sweeping…
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tagged: bellevue, dow constantine, eastside rail corridor, eastside trail, jay inslee, king county parks
April 5, 2016

Snohomish County buys rail corridor in major regional trail missing link

After lengthy negotiations with the Port of Seattle, Snohomish County purchased a key stretch of rail corridor that could someday link the region’s trail network from Seattle to Skagit County. The purchase process was going strong back in 2013, but negotiations fell apart as it became apparent that maintenance costs for the segment were going…
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tagged: centennial trail, eastside rail corridor, eastside trail, maltby, port of seattle, snohomish, snohomish county, woodinville, woodinville weekly