Tag: missing link
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Missing Link completion appealed again
As anticipated, opponents of the plan to complete the Burke-Gilman Missing Link through Ballard have appealed the city’s recent Determination of Non-Significance (DNS). This appeal will further delay the project. The appeal was anticipated, and this group of big Ballard tenants like Ballard Oil and Salmon Bay Sand & Gravel have vowed to use any…
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Go on the record to support completion of the Burke-Gilman missing link
I know I just asked you to take a minute to support the Vulnerable Users Bill, but you have been called to action again. As regular readers of this blog know, the city recently completed a study that determined completion of the Burke-Gilman Trail through Ballard would not have a significant adverse impact on the…
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SDOT (again) proposes completion of Burke-Gilman missing link – UPDATED
SDOT has released the revised SEPA Determination of Non-Significance (DNS) proposing to complete the dangerous and infamous Burke-Gilman Missing Link through Ballard. From Anne-Marije Rook at the Ballard News Tribune: A DNS for this proposal was originally issued in 2008, but the project description has been revised to include a trail alignment along Shilshole Avenue…
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Yet another Burke-Gilman missing link broken jaw
The Burke-Gilman missing link has caused another serious injury, according to a recent report on BikeWise. An experienced 33-year-old biker broke her jaw in two places and broke some teeth after her wheel got caught in the tracks riding on NW 45th a block after the Burke-Gilman abruptly ends. She was riding a road bike…
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Burke-Gilman missing link opponents dealt blow in court
King County Superior Court threw out appeals by Salmon Bay Sand & Gravel and other Ballard businesses Friday, removing one more hurdle to completing the Burke-Gilman trail through Ballard.
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Another Ballard missing link broken wrist
According to a recent BikeWise report, the Burke-Gilman missing link through Ballard has struck again, this time breaking a biker’s wrist. On August 29, a 55-year-old woman’s tire got stuck in the railroad tracks and she fell:
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