Tag: snohomish county

January 23, 2014

Verdant Health Commission to fund Snohomish bike route connections

Snohomish County has bits and pieces of bike infrastructure. The problem is that very few of them are connected, and using a bike to get around often requires biking in the general traffic lanes on very busy streets for at least part of your trip. But the Verdant Health Commission is pitching in funds to…
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January 13, 2014

Snohomish County sees its Centennial Trail as a link to the region’s history

Snohomish County sees the Centennial Trail as not just a great place to walk and bike, but as a way to connect communities and explore the area’s history. That’s according to the county’s fancy new website for the trail, which now stretches from the Skagit County border to the City of Snohomish. Snohomish County recently…
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December 10, 2013

Snohomish County approves purchase of 12 miles of Eastside Rail Corridor, plans trails

The Snohomish County Council approved purchase of 12 miles of the Eastside Rail Corridor with hopes of rehabbing the corridor to accommodate both a trail and rail movement. Unlike the miles of the Eastside Rail Corridor in King County, where a multi-use trail mostly without rail use is planned, Snohomish County intends to maintain rail…
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January 23, 2013

Extended Centennial Trail stretches to Skagit County border

Snohomish County celebrated a four-mile extension of the Centennial Trail in November, bringing the multi-use facility all the way to the Skagit County border. Starting almost 30 miles south in the City of Snohomish, the trail is built mostly on the old Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway, which you know better as the Burke-Gilman…
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November 26, 2012

Times: Monroe prisoners refurbish recovered bikes for people in need

Some prisoners in Monroe Correctional Complex are working to help give someone on the outside the freedom of a bicycle. The Seattle Times has a fantastic story today about the program, which is in its third year of fixing up rides and teaching inmates bike repair skills. The bikes come from various Snohomish County sources.…
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September 25, 2012

Lynnwood man struck and killed while biking near Brier

A 24-year-old man biking near Brier was struck by a pickup truck and died Saturday, according to the Everett Herald. The man, from Lynnwood, died at the scene of the 10:30 a.m. collision near the intersection of Atlas and Barker Roads in unincorporated Snohomish County. The driver, a 43-year-ol from Mountlake Terrace, was not under…
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tagged: brier, deaths, snohomish county