Tag: king county parks

October 15, 2024

Tell King County Parks trails should be open 24 hours

It’s midnight, and you’re biking home from a night out. Should you ride on the separated biking and walking path or along the side of the nearby state highway? If you think the answer is obvious, then congratulations! You’re a lawbreaker. King County Trails are only open from dawn until dusk. We can debate whether…
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tagged: king county parks, parks and recreation, trail open hours
September 27, 2024

Saturday: Foothills Trail bridge opens, connecting King and Pierce Counties across the White River

Celebrate the opening of the new 572-foot bridge over the White River that will connect King and Pierce Counties via the Foothills Trail Saturday. The celebration begins 11 a.m. Saturday (September 28) on the Buckley side of the bridge. The Foothills Coalition, parks departments in both counties, and the cities of Enumclaw and Buckley are…
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tagged: buckley, enumclaw, foothills trail, king county parks, pierce county parks, white river bridge
June 25, 2024

$25M federal grant will help cross final major Eastrail hurdle: I-90

King County has secured a $25 million federal RAISE grant to rehab an old railroad bridge over I-90 that had been one of the few major pieces still missing from the Eastrail route. The funds will also build and pave 1.7 miles of the trail in the I-90 area and “create safe connections” to the…
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tagged: adam smith, bellevue, claudia balducci, dow constantine, eastrail, king county parks, maria cantwell, patty murray, raise grants, renton, sarah perry, suzan delbene, woodinville
June 17, 2024

NE 8th Street Eastrail bridge opening June 23

The Eastrail’s NE 8th Street bridge near Wilburton Station in Bellevue is scheduled to open at noon June 23 (Sunday). As we noted when the station first opened this spring, the bridge is a key link to an area that “seems destined to play a special role in connecting biking and transit on Eastside.” Once…
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tagged: bellevue, eastrail, eastrail partners, king county parks, ne 8th street bridge, wilburton station, wilburton trestle
June 12, 2024

People riding e-bikes and scooters on King County trails are no longer unknowingly breaking the rules

Here’s some good news you didn’t know you needed: The King County Council has legalized riding Class 1 and 2 e-bikes as well as electric scooters on the county’s trails. I’m guessing most of you out there had no idea this was not already legal, and e-bike riders have been happily and safely riding there…
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tagged: e-bikes, king county council, king county parks
April 22, 2024

Support trail funding in the next King County Parks levy

The King County trail network is on the precipice of next-level greatness. Our regional trails are already backbones for recreation and bicycle transportation, but major sections and connections along the EasTrail are just now coming online with more coming in the next couple years. The East Lake Sammamish Trail also opened last year, closing a…
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tagged: king county parks, king county parks levy