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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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Trail supporters, opponents and city leaders strike a deal to complete the Ballard Missing Link

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Tom Fucoloro

UPDATE: Construction on the Ballard Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman Trail will break ground by winter 2018, Mayor Ed Murray announced Tuesday during a press conference flanked by both longtime trail supporters and business owners who have fought the trail … Continue reading →

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CM O’Brien urges the Mayor, SDOT to make a choice on the Missing Link

Posted on January 27, 2017 by Tom Fucoloro

Councilmember Mike O’Brien joined neighbors and representatives from nearby businesses Friday to urge SDOT and Mayor Ed Murray to make a decision about their preferred option for the Burke-Gilman Trail Missing Link in Ballard. “I believe if the city prioritized … Continue reading →

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Pack these Ballard Missing Link meetings + Business owner’s video explains the options

Posted on July 12, 2016 by Tom Fucoloro

OMG JUST BUILD THE MISSING LINK ALREADY!!!1!1!! OK, had to get that out of my system. As frustrating and drawn out as the seemingly endless Burke-Gilman Trail Missing Link debate has been in recent decades (yes, decades!), we have never … Continue reading →

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Missing Link megastudy confirms: Build the trail already!

Posted on June 22, 2016 by Tom Fucoloro

829 pages have been added to the already-towering mountain of documents studying the 1.2-mile Ballard Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman Trail. An estimated 22 people have gone to the hospital due to crashes on this dangerous stretch just since work … Continue reading →

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