Tag: hearing examiner

October 9, 2019

Fewer fights like the Missing Link? Seattle limits ‘weaponized’ environmental review appeals

Just about everyone who first learns about the decades-long Burke-Gilman Missing Link legal battle is baffled when they hear that this delay is under the guise of “environmental review.” It’s a biking and walking trail! Isn’t safer biking and walking inherently good for the environment? They’re not wrong. A process that should prevent degradation of…
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tagged: city council, environmental review, hearing examiner, sepa
February 1, 2016

Hearing Examiner: Cheasty mountain biking and hiking trails need more study

Another Seattle bike trail plan has run into delays from the environmental review process, this time a mountain biking and hiking trail. After years of community outreach, heated debates and evolving designs, the Cheasty Trails and Bike Park cleared vital hurdles last year by getting approval from both the Parks Board and the City Council.…
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tagged: beacon hill, cheasty greenspace, cheasty trails and bike park, hearing examiner, joel dejong, rainier valley, rainier vista
July 7, 2011

Hearing Examiner approves ‘Missing Link’ completion yet again

The Seattle Hearing Examiner has given the city the go-ahead to complete the Burke-Gilman ‘Missing Link’ in Ballard. This brings the trail one step closer to completion, but the fight may not be over yet. Opponents have 21 days to appeal the decision to King County Superior Court. From the Seattle Times:
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tagged: ballard, burke-gilman, hearing examiner, missing link