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October 11, 2024

Alert 10/11-13: 520 Bridge Trail closed, but biking will still be the best way to get around

The 520 Bridge Trail will be closed across Lake Washington from 11 p.m. tonight (October 11) until 5 a.m. Monday (October 14). There was a bit of confusion about this earlier, but WSDOT has confirmed the closure. Despite this, biking is still going to be the best way to get around town this weekend. I…
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tagged: 520 trail, Bike Route Alert, wsdot
September 13, 2024

WSDOT: Promised e-bike rebate program still far from launching

If you were waiting for Washington State’s rebate program to kick in before buying an e-bike, the state still has a lot of work to do before it is available. When it finally does launch at some undetermined point in the future, the state expects all 8,500 of them to be gobbled up quickly and…
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tagged: climate commitment act, e-bike incentive program, e-bikes, i-2117, wsdot, wsdot active transportation division
August 16, 2024

You did it! WSDOT will not cut the Harvard Connection path to planned Roanoke Lid

The efforts by advocates at Central Seattle Greenways as well as readers like you have paid off. WSDOT announced that they are no longer planning to cut the Harvard Connection path to the planned Roanoke Lid as part of the SR-520 Portage Bay Bridge and Roanoke Lid Project. “Following conversations with legislators, our contractor, project…
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tagged: central seattle greenways, harvard ave e, roanoke lid, sr 520, wsdot
August 14, 2024

Trail connection to planned Roanoke Lid would restore a historic Seattle bike path + Tell WSDOT not to cut it

Not only would the Harvard Ave path connect the Roanoke Lid and 520 Trail along a safer and less steep route, it would also restore a small piece of Seattle’s first ever bike paths. You can support a Central Seattle Greenways effort to protect the proposed path from budget cuts on the freeway megaproject. The…
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tagged: action alerts, central seattle greenways, history, i-5, interlaken, lake union bike path, lake washington bike path, roanoke, roanoke lid, sr 520, wsdot
August 6, 2024

Pierce County plans to replace closed Foothills Trail bridge by summer 2025

Pierce County hopes to design and construct a permanent replacement for the Spiketon Ditch Bridge on the Foothills Trail by summer 2025. The existing bridge was closed in November 2023 after an inspection found major structural degradation, and further inspections were so concerning that the county declared it an emergency safety concern and demolished it…
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tagged: foothills trail, pierce county, spiketon ditch bridge, wsdot
July 25, 2024

Alert 7/26-29: 520 Bridge trail closed late Friday until early Monday

The trail across the 520 Bridge will be closed from 11 p.m. Friday through 5 a.m. Monday along with all the traffic lanes and ramps. The Montlake Bridge and Montlake Boulevard will remain open for regular travel. Kind of a bummer for the bridge to close for a summer weekend with such a spectacular forecast.…
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tagged: 520 trail, Bike Route Alert, sr 520, wsdot