Tag: ship canal water quality project

November 18, 2024

Major Burke-Gilman detours in Fremont and Ballard end as sewer work progresses

Seattle’s least-discussed infrastructure megaproject has wrapped up a pair of multi-year, trail-disrupting closures in Fremont and Ballard in recent weeks. Work on the $561 million Ship Canal Water Quality Project has taken place in multiple locations, including bike-route-disrupting closures on Stone Way in Fremont and near Fred Meyer in Ballard. Work at both sites is…
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tagged: ballard, best side cycling, burke-gilman trail, fremont, ship canal water quality project, wallingford
February 18, 2023

Stone Way bike detour not yet in place

Seattle Public Utilities’ planned work zone bike path on Stone Way did not work out as they intended, the agency announced this week. While sidewalks remain open through the construction area between N 34th and 35th Streets, equipment has blocked the space that was supposed to house the bike path. The work is part of…
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tagged: seattle public utilities, ship canal water quality project, stone way
January 11, 2023

SPU plans temporary bikeway during Stone Way overflow pipe construction starting late January

Seattle’s least-discussed megaproject is coming to Stone Way in Fremont/Wallingford, but crews have plans to maintain space for biking and walking. Seattle Public Utilities’ Ship Canal Water Quality Project is estimated to total $570 million, a cost that could still increase before it is complete, the Seattle Times reported. The project will build large new…
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tagged: fremont, ship canal water quality project, spu, stone way, wallingford
August 4, 2020

Trail Alerts: Ship Canal Trail won’t be detoured to Nickerson + Burke detour near Fred Meyer

Some great news from Seattle Public Utilities: The Ship Canal Trail will not be detoured to Nickerson Street for the next couple years as was originally planned. As we reported previously, concerned neighbors including Queen Anne Greenways drew attention to a multi-year detour that would route the trail onto Nickerson Street, which has a paint-only…
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tagged: ballard, Bike Route Alert, burke-gilman trail, missing link, queen anne greenways, seattle public utilities, ship canal trail, ship canal water quality project
July 23, 2020

Thanks to concerned neighbors, SPU is reconsidering multi-year Ship Canal Trail detour

Beginning July 20th, @SeattleSPU plans to re-route the Ship Canal Trail…ONTO NICKERSON. UNTIL 2023. I think we're going to need to see details of this detour. You know kids use the trail, right? pic.twitter.com/OhLVsGf1Pg — Qagggy! (@Qagggy) June 30, 2020 Thanks to concerns from neighbors, especially Queen Anne Greenways, Seattle Public Utilities and a contractor…
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tagged: queen anne greenways, seattle public utilities, ship canal trail, ship canal water quality project
May 20, 2020

Trail Alert: Burke-Gilman Trail will be detoured near Ballard Fred Meyer

The Ship Canal Water Quality project, the $500+ million effort by Seattle Public Utilities and the King County Wastewater Treatment Division to prevent sewage from spilling into Puget Sound during heavy rains, will close the section of the Burke-Gilman Trail next to the Ballard Fred Meyer parking lot starting in early June. The detour will…
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tagged: ballard, Bike Route Alert, burke-gilman trail, seattle public utilities, ship canal water quality project