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January 21, 2022

Alert 1/21-24: Montlake Bridge is fully closed this weekend for maintenance

The Montlake Bridge will be closed for maintenance this weekend starting 10 p.m. Friday (today) and ending 5 a.m. Monday. The closure includes the sidewalks as well as the roadway. There will be a shuttle to take people on foot or bike around the closure, but you’re probably best off rerouting to the University Bridge…
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tagged: Bike Route Alert, montlake bridge, wsdot
January 12, 2022

WA Transportation Secretary: Further freeway expansion is ‘a dead end’

Washington Transportation Secretary Roger Millar argued against further highway expansion during his State of Transportation presentation to the House Transportation Committee this week. Instead, he argued for “a resilient response” to the state’s major challenges, including climate change, inequitable traffic impacts and increasing traffic injuries and deaths. “We are a Target Zero state, and we’re…
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tagged: 2022 legislature, house transportation committee, roger millar, wsdot
November 10, 2021

New 2.5-mile section of EasTrail now open between Renton and I-90

A 2.5-mile segment of the EasTrail is now open between the Seahawks training facility in Renton and Coal Creek Parkway in Bellevue. The very wide trail replaces the old Lake Washington Loop Trail, which is being swallowed up by the state’s $705 million I-405 freeway expansion project. This significant segment of the trail keeps the…
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tagged: eastrail, king county parks, wsdot
September 10, 2021

Alert 9/10-12: Contrary to original plans, bike/walk access will be maintained during Montlake Bridge weekend closure

We have a good news update about the ongoing Montlake Bridge rehabilitation work. The first of several weekend closures is still scheduled for this weekend (September 10–12). But despite original announcements, the west sidewalk will remain open for walking and biking after all. Crews recently finished replacing the metal decking on the bridge, which required…
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tagged: Bike Route Alert, montlake bridge, wsdot
August 9, 2021

U.S. Bike Route System grows in southeast Washington

WSDOT has started four new U.S. Bicycle Routes in southeast Washington, establishing Clarkston along the Snake River and Tekoa along the Palouse to Cascades Trail as long-distance bike route nexuses. The US Bike Route system is a vision for a connected network of bicycle routes spanning the nation, making it easier to travel by bike…
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tagged: barb chamberlain, clarkston, tekoa, US Bicycle Route System, USBR 20, USBR 281, USBR 40, USBR 81, wsdot
June 14, 2021

WSDOT won’t work with SDOT to connect the Rainier Valley Greenway to the I-90 Trail

For years, WSDOT has resisted working with Seattle to connect the Rainier Valley Neighborhood Greenway to the Mountains to Sound Trail (AKA the I-90 Trail), according to reporting by Ryan Packer for the Urbanist. Packer requested emails between the two public agencies to uncover why this final connection remains incomplete years after the rest of…
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tagged: 28th ave s, I-90 trail, rainier valley neighborhood greenway, ryan packer, sdot, the urbanist, wsdot