Tag: burke-gilman trail

March 22, 2022

Eight people injured while biking the Missing Link file lawsuit against city, railroad

“Countless people” have crashed on the railroad tracks while biking on the streets just west of the abrupt terminus of the Burke-Gilman Trail in Ballard, and now eight of them have joined together in a lawsuit against both the Ballard Terminal Railroad and the City of Seattle. The suit (PDF), filed by Washington Bike Law…
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tagged: ballard, ballard terminal railroad, burke-gilman trail, missing link, washington bike law
December 15, 2021

Ballard Missing Link opponents file appeal against city’s scaled-back trail plan

As expected, longtime opponents of the Ballard Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman Trail have filed a complaint in King County Superior Court (PDF) challenging SDOT’s claim that their redesigned trail project is exempt from the State Environmental Policy Act (“SEPA”), the primary legal tool opponents have used to delay the 1.4-mile trail for two decades.…
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tagged: ballard, burke-gilman trail, missing link
November 1, 2021

Scaled back Missing Link plans could put the trail on budget and sidestep lawsuits

The Missing Link appellants have won! But not really. The Seattle Department of Transportation announced today that they are prepared to submit a significantly scaled-back version of their plans to complete the Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman Trail through Ballard. The trail connection remains, but many of the extra elements included with it have been…
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tagged: ballard, burke-gilman trail, missing link, sdot
August 24, 2021

Decades-long private encroachment along Burke-Gilman Trail finally cleared to make small lakeside park

For decades, a small public space along the Burke-Gilman Trail just north of the Seattle city limit has been hidden behind a private fence. But no more. It took a remarkable amount of work to open this small space. Volunteers on a county advisory committee learned about the illegal fence and other private structures a…
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tagged: burke-gilman trail, king county parks, lake forest park cove llc, stuart strand
April 2, 2021

Court decides Hearing Examiner needs to redo 2018 Missing Link decision

Many Seattleites have only ever known life with the Ballard Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman Trail held up in court. Children born when the City Council first approved the route are now getting ready to vote in their first election. Seattle has nearly wasted an entire generation arguing over about 1.2 miles of trail, and…
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tagged: burke-gilman trail, josh brower, missing link
August 14, 2020

Seattle Parks announces week-long, very steep Burke-Gilman Trail detour for … mowing?

People who bike or walk on the Burke-Gilman Trail in northeast Seattle have dealt with a lot of tough detours in recent years. But the detours are always for a good reason, such as the city or county rebuilding or repaving the trail, or because a landslide has washed out a section of the trail.…
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tagged: Bike Route Alert, burke-gilman trail, seattle parks district