Crews work on Burke Gilman Trail
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 …
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Golden Gardens Drive to open this month
Just a few days ago, SDOT said the weather had delayed reopening Golden Gardens Drive until mid-February. But work crews are making faster-than-expected progress, and SDOT now says the roadway …
Lane vanishes from Aurora Bridge
We read in comments recently (our apologies, we don’t remember who posted it) that the snow plows and sanders had inadvertently eliminated a lane from the Aurora Bridge. Today, we …
Weather delays Golden Gardens Drive reopening
It’s been over a year since a big chunk of Golden Gardens Drive tumbled down the hill after record-breaking rainfall. It’s been closed since then, and repair work was scheduled …
Ballard council members push for elevated viaduct
Two members of the Ballard District Council have written Gov. Christine Gregoire a letter favoring the elevated viaduct plan, one of two proposed solutions. Warren Aakervik, president of Ballard Oil …
Tree falls across Aurora Ave.
10:30 a.m. update: PhinneyWood has the story about this tree that just fell across the northbound lanes of Aurora-Highway 99 right next to Woodland Park. Northbound traffic is stopped completely …
Market St. reopened after earlier accident
9:45 a.m. update: Market St. is now open again. At 8:15 a.m., a Metro bus slid sideways near Greenwood Ave., blocking the eastbound lanes. Traffic leaving Ballard was diverted at …
Viaduct finalists: Which is best for Ballard?
In a highly-anticipated announcement, the state has narrowed down the eight options to replace the viaduct to two hybrid proposals: 1) The “surface and transit” plan with three northbound lanes …
Golden Gardens Drive expected to open next month
It’s been nearly a year since a landslide took out Golden Gardens Drive, one of two roads between Ballard and Golden Gardens Park and Shilshole. The city now says that …
Bizarre standoff with a garbage truck
Many of the roads in the neighborhood are too narrow for more than one car at a time, which forces Ballard drivers to test their politeness when an oncoming car …
Red light camera reminder
This summer we wrote about the red light cameras at 15th & Market. My Ballard reader, Dina, emailed to let us know that they’re being used. “I just got a …
Microsoft buses cut back Ballard service
Just a few months after adding Ballard on its route, the Microsoft employee bus “Connector” is cutting back from 12 to 8 routes a day due to lower than expected …