The Seattle Department of Transportation has determined that the completion of the “missing link” of the Burke Gilman Trail will “not have a probable significant adverse impact on the environment.” The city released today its State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) Determination of Non-Significance for the “missing link” as required by a judge last April. Ten …
A new ruling is out in the continuing legal battle over the “Missing Link” of the Burke Gilman Trail. According to SDOT, a state appeals court has denied a motion for review filed by a group of businesses fighting the trail. Back in April, a King County Superior Court judge ruled against those businesses on 8 of …
A group of Ballard businesses is appealing Judge Rogers’ April 16th decision on the ‘Missing Link’ of the Burke Gilman Trail. The judge ruled in favor of the city on eight of the nine issues but also ruled that the Seattle Department of Transportation must do an environmental review of a five-block section of the …
Getting from one place to another along the Burke Gilman Trail is getting easier thanks to new signs put up by the Seattle Department of Transportation. SDOT has just installed 200 wayfinding signs along the entire stretch of the trail from Golden Gardens to the city limits at NE 145th. The new signs direct cyclists …
One of the attorneys for the Ballard businesses fighting against the proposed missing link on the Burke Gilman Trail is serious about pushing for a European style alternative. Moments after a judge ruled an environmental study must be done on a small section of the missing link before a decision on its fate is made, attorney Josh …
King County Superior Court Judge Jim Rogers was expected to issue his opinion on a lawsuit regarding the “Missing Link” last Friday, but the opinion was not issued. According to a recording on the court’s phone line, Judge Rogers’ court is in recess the entire week of April 5th, which means the earliest the opinion …
Several Good Samaritans helped a bicyclist this morning, after falling at the railroad tracks along Shilshole Ave under the Ballard Bridge where the Burke Gilman Trail guides people at a right angle to cross the tracks. A MyBallard reader writes that several drivers got out and helped the cyclist after the accident around 8:15 this …
The city has given the green light to complete the “missing link” of the Burke Gilman Trail despite an appeal from a group of Ballard businesses. Sue Tanner with the city’s Office of the Hearing Examiner has ruled in favor of completing the stretch between 11 Ave. NW and the Locks, long considered a dangerous …
Seattle Department of Transportation crews started a two-week project on the Burke Gilman Trail today. The stretch along the 6900 block of Seaview Avenue is being replaced with concrete because of some vegetation issues with the asphalt. Crews will work from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. During the closure, bicyclists will be detoured to the …
Charlotte has noticed quite a few stripped bike frames along the Burke-Gilman Trail recently. She writes: Anyone know what’s up with the ever-increasing number of bike carcasses on the new bit of the Burke-Gilman behind Paseo at Shilshole? A week ago there was one stripped-out frame leaning against the fence by the railroad tracks. Then …
Just a reminder that tonight (Wednesday) is the open house for the “missing link” along the Burke-Gilman Trail. The city will present its plans to fill in the gap. The meeting is from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Adams Elementary School, 6110 28th Ave NW. You can see the proposals here.
The “missing link” has been the cause of frustration for bicyclists and drivers from 11th Ave NW to the Locks. It’s a stretch of the Burke-Gilman trail that goes right along Shilshole Ave with no trail to speak of. Recently Mayor Nickels proposed funding to fill in the “missing link” by 2010. Next week the …