Tag: hearing examiner
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Fewer fights like the Missing Link? Seattle limits ‘weaponized’ environmental review appeals
Just about everyone who first learns about the decades-long Burke-Gilman Missing Link legal battle is baffled when they hear that this delay is under the guise of “environmental review.” It’s a biking and walking trail! Isn’t safer biking and walking inherently good for the environment? They’re not wrong. A process that should prevent degradation of…
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Hearing Examiner: Cheasty mountain biking and hiking trails need more study
Another Seattle bike trail plan has run into delays from the environmental review process, this time a mountain biking and hiking trail. After years of community outreach, heated debates and evolving designs, the Cheasty Trails and Bike Park cleared vital hurdles last year by getting approval from both the Parks Board and the City Council.…
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Hearing Examiner approves ‘Missing Link’ completion yet again
The Seattle Hearing Examiner has given the city the go-ahead to complete the Burke-Gilman ‘Missing Link’ in Ballard. This brings the trail one step closer to completion, but the fight may not be over yet. Opponents have 21 days to appeal the decision to King County Superior Court. From the Seattle Times:
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