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What’s the deal with BIRT? A conversation

Posted on February 16, 2021 by Ryan Packer

Last fall, SDOT released a report on the future of transportation in the vicinity of Interbay and Ballard. The result, the Ballard-Interbay Regional Transportation System (BIRT) report, focused on the big topics of what to do about the Magnolia and … Continue reading →

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Trail Alerts: Ship Canal Trail won’t be detoured to Nickerson + Burke detour near Fred Meyer

Posted on August 4, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

Some great news from Seattle Public Utilities: The Ship Canal Trail will not be detoured to Nickerson Street for the next couple years as was originally planned. As we reported previously, concerned neighbors including Queen Anne Greenways drew attention to … Continue reading →

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Technicality about updating railroad track delays Ballard Missing Link until 2022

Posted on July 17, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

Appellants fighting the city’s decades-long plan to finally complete the Ballard Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman Trail have successfully found another legal maneuver to further delay the needed safety project until 2022, the Seattle Times reports. A King County Court … Continue reading →

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Trail Alert: Burke-Gilman Trail will be detoured near Ballard Fred Meyer

Posted on May 20, 2020 by Tom Fucoloro

The Ship Canal Water Quality project, the $500+ million effort by Seattle Public Utilities and the King County Wastewater Treatment Division to prevent sewage from spilling into Puget Sound during heavy rains, will close the section of the Burke-Gilman Trail … Continue reading →

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Should the next Ballard Bridge be high, low or in between?

Posted on August 28, 2019 by Tom Fucoloro

The city is currently conducting an early, fairly high-level study of the options for replacing the Ballard Bridge. The actual project is pretty far away and has no funding, but this study is intended to outline the pros and cons … Continue reading →

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Missing Link court ruling puts a lot of pressure on city’s ongoing appeal

Posted on July 5, 2019 by Tom Fucoloro

A clarifying ruling by King County Superior Court Judge Roger Rogoff this week has put some extra pressure on the City of Seattle to win an ongoing appeal if they want to keep construction of the Ballard Missing Link on its … Continue reading →

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Saturday: Streets will go car-free for two hours before Ballard Crit for an open streets party

Posted on June 7, 2019 by Tom Fucoloro

Here’s a great idea: Ballard Criterium race organizers Apex Racing are already doing the hard work of securing permits, placing signage and barricades and informing the community about their annual event Saturday. So why not extend the time a few … Continue reading →

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Ballard-Fremont Greenways launches Wednesday, and you’re invited

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Tom Fucoloro

Ballard and Fremont have both had local chapters of Seattle Neighborhood Greenways in the past, but they have been quiet in recent years. So some neighbors are organizing to bring the neighborhoods together into a new supergroup, and you’re invited. … Continue reading →

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Trail Alert: Burke-Gilman Trail detour along Seaview

Posted on February 14, 2019 by Tom Fucoloro

Work is starting on a Seattle Public Utilities project that will detour the Burke-Gilman Trail along a stretch of Seaview Ave NW in Ballard so crews can stage equipment. Unfortunately, the detour plans currently say that people biking will be … Continue reading →

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Judge decides Missing Link megastudy did not adequately address economic concerns

Posted on December 14, 2018 by Tom Fucoloro

In yet another partial court defeat, the Ballard Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman Trail has once again been thrown into question this week after King County Superior Court Judge Samuel Chung sided with the city on two out of three … Continue reading →

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Missing Link design nearly complete, construction to begin this winter (unless the court intervenes)

Posted on November 1, 2018 by Tom Fucoloro

Barring a court order, construction on the Ballard Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman Trail is scheduled to begin this winter. So while an appeal is still working its way through the courts, the city is moving forward with a construction … Continue reading →

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Shipyard manager admits he had men shove CM O’Brien over his support for the Missing Link

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Tom Fucoloro

General Manager Doug Dixon of Pacific Fishermen Shipyard oversaw men who shoved Councilmember Mike O’Brien during an afterparty celebrating the opening of the Nordic Heritage Museum Friday evening. Dixon admitted to overseeing the alleged assault on O’Brien, telling the Seattle … Continue reading →

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Big legal decision supports finishing the Burke-Gilman Missing Link

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Tom Fucoloro

The Ballard Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman Trail won a huge legal decision today, with the Seattle Hearing Examiner deciding that SDOT’s environmental study and findings was adequate. After completion of an enormous environmental impact study for the short stretch … Continue reading →

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The community-advised Missing Link design keeps getting better for everyone

Posted on October 12, 2017 by Tom Fucoloro

The Ballard Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman Trail has been debated and challenged in court for two decades, and sometimes it’s hard in such a long, frustrating process to remember what this thing is really about. On average, about two … Continue reading →

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Missing Link community design reaches major milestone + Public workshop Thursday

Posted on September 26, 2017 by Tom Fucoloro

The design for the Ballard Missing Link continues to move forward, reaching a major milestone that puts it on track for construction starting in winter 2018. You can check out the latest design details and weigh in at a design … Continue reading →

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Missing Link open house Thursday will dive into the gritty trail design details

Posted on July 12, 2017 by Tom Fucoloro

The Burke-Gilman Trail Missing Link team has been working hard in recent months to gather very granular comments about the planned trail route to address safety and business access concerns section-by-section. SDOT staff held a series of workshops on specific trail … Continue reading →

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Terrible person shoots Ballard safe streets advocate with pellet gun

Posted on July 3, 2017 by Tom Fucoloro

Some terrible person shot Haley Keller with a pellet gun Monday night while she and her husband Dave were biking home from watching the sunset at Golden Gardens. Keller, a Connect Ballard advocate, Board Member of Cascade Bicycle Club and … Continue reading →

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Despite compromise and ongoing community design work, group appeals the Ballard Missing Link

Posted on June 26, 2017 by Tom Fucoloro

The Ballard Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman Trail is headed back into litigation. But despite the pending legal action, the city is still working through the community design process that was was part of the February compromise agreement between SDOT, … Continue reading →

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Missing Link mega study exhausts the debate + Why the Labor Council still opposes the trail

Posted on June 20, 2017 by Tom Fucoloro

The smile on Councilmember Mike O’Brien’s face somehow grew even bigger than usual while listening to longtime trail opponents and advocacy staff at Cascade Bicycle Club praise each other for finally hammering out a Ballard Missing Link compromise after decades … Continue reading →

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Despite more than a decade of bicycle activism, Ballard Bridge remains a danger

Posted on May 8, 2017 by Taylor McAvoy

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is by Taylor McAvoy through our partnership with UW’s Community News Lab journalism course. Riding home at night a few years ago, Haley Keller had to cross the Ballard Bridge with its notoriously skinny three-foot-wide sidewalks. She … Continue reading →

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