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 …
The City of Seattle made it official this morning, deciding not to appeal a judge’s ruling on the missing link of the Burke-Gilman Trail. Instead, the city will follow this judge’s order to conduct an environmental review of a small section of the missing link that was left out of the original study. SDOT tells …
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 …
Updated: King County Superior Court Judge Jim Rogers has ruled that the city must perform an environmental study before a decision can be made to complete the missing link of the Burke Gilman Trail. Although Judge Rogers ruled in favor of the city on a majority of the issues raised in the suit, he sent …
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 …
The dangerous, unfinished stretch of the Burke Gilman trail which runs through Ballard — called the “missing link” — has long been a hot-button issue with bicyclists, drivers and businesses in the area. King County Superior Court Judge Jim Rogers is expected to issue his opinion Friday on a lawsuit filed against the city by …
Five cyclists have filed a lawsuit against the city of Seattle because of injuries and crashes along the unfinished stretch of the Burke Gilman trail coined the “Missing Link,” according to seattlepi.com. The site reports that the lawsuit claims that because the trail has not been completed, the city “ignored the hazard presented by decades-old …
With red lights blinking, arms waving and horns honking, more than 250 people stretched down Shilshole Avenue Tuesday evening to show support for the completion of the “Missing Link” of the Burke-Gilman Trail. Bicyclist Jenny Heins has fallen along the Missing Link, and she believes safety is a big concern. “I think it’s going to …
Several organizations will hold a demonstration at the Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman this Tuesday evening to show their support for completing the stretch of the trail. At 5:30 p.m. at 17th Ave. and Shilshole Ave., supporters will hold blinking red lights in a show of solidarity. “We wanted to do something positive and inclusive …
A small group of Ballard residents joined Rep. Reuven Carlyle for a conversation over coffee this morning. Hot topics included public safety, parking, public transportation, the tunnel and the “missing link” of the Burke Gilman trail. “Let’s get this out of the courts,” Reuven said about the lawsuit filed by a group of Ballard businesses …
My Ballard reader Silver and several other Ballard residents walked along the Burke-Gilman trail “missing link” on Monday. Silver organized the walk in the forum, not as a protest, but as a way to learn more about the route. “We were interested in seeing what current conditions are like for pedestrians, as well as for …