Tag: hempfest

August 13, 2014

Hempfest is this weekend, so expect big delays on Elliott Bay Trail (or give in and join them)

Hempfest is back for its annual bike-trail-closing pro-marijuana fest in Myrtle Edwards Park. The good news is that, if you are headed to Hempfest, bike access is excellent. Hempfest even recommends arriving by bike and will have racks set up at the north entrance. But if you are just trying to bike through the area…
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tagged: elliott ave, elliott bay trail, hempfest, hempfest 2014, myrtle edwards
August 16, 2012

Hempfest gears up along Elliott Bay Trail, so you might want to take another route

Hempfest. Usually pot activists and people on bikes don’t conflict with each other. The issues are pretty different (if you think I’m wrong, make your case in the comments below!). But the weekend-long pot protestival that is Hempfest essentially closes a major bicycling transportation corridor with few good alternatives, and that is cause for conflict…
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tagged: elliott bay trail, hempfest, myrtle edwards
July 30, 2012

W Thomas St overpass delayed until August/September

Work on the W Thomas Street biking and walking overpass was originally supposed to start the summer of 2005. But changes in design and a lack of funds delayed the project, and at one time it appeared to be dead in the water. But then a December 2010 grant breathed new life into the project,…
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tagged: 2012 paving, hempfest, lower queen anne, sdot, w thomas st overpass
February 11, 2011

Lower Queen Anne bike/ped overpass totally harshing Hempfest’s mellow

The W Thomas Street walking and biking overpass project could get in the way of Hempfest, prompting the “protestival” to file a lawsuit against the city. Organizers argue that the city should push construction back until after August so that the 20th anniversary of the festival can take place in it’s standard Myrtle Edwards Park.
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tagged: hempfest, lower queen anne, myrtle edwards, queen anne, w thomas st overpass