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SDOT’s new gravel pits under the Ballard Bridge baffle riders, more changes coming ‘in 2023’

Posted on January 12, 2023 by Tom Fucoloro

SDOT completed work on an “interim” redesign of the problematic track crossing under the Ballard Bridge for people attempting to bike the Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman Trail, but the new gravel pits sporadically placed in the area seems to … Continue reading →

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SDOT will try again to make rail crossing under the Ballard Bridge safer

Posted on December 16, 2022 by Tom Fucoloro

SDOT is set to start work as soon as Monday on another fix to hopefully prevent people from crashing while biking across the train tracks under the Ballard Bridge as they navigate the notorious Burke-Gilman Trail Missing Link. Crews will … Continue reading →

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Burke-Gilman Missing Link permit approved, though litigation is not over yet

Posted on October 12, 2022 by Tom Fucoloro

SDOT has gained permit approval to build the Ballard Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman Trail, though the project is not out of the woods yet. Litigation is ongoing and will continue into 2023. But the Shoreline Permit brings the trail … Continue reading →

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Cascade lists their 5 top-priority Seattle bike projects

Posted on August 23, 2022 by Tom Fucoloro

Cascade Bicycle Club recently posted their top 5 Seattle bike improvement priorities, though it’s really more like like 4 projects and a citywide plan. They go into more detail about each in their blog post, so go check it out. … Continue reading →

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Cascade: Support the city’s Ballard Missing Link construction permit

Posted on May 16, 2022 by Tom Fucoloro

Seattle has applied for a permit needed to construct the simplified Burke-Gilman Trail Missing Link in Ballard, and you know what that means. It’s time to submit yet another comment supporting the completion of this long, long, long, long delayed … Continue reading →

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

Posted on March 22, 2022 by Tom Fucoloro

“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 … Continue reading →

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

Posted on December 15, 2021 by Tom Fucoloro

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”), … Continue reading →

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

Posted on November 1, 2021 by Tom Fucoloro

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. … Continue reading →

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Court decides Hearing Examiner needs to redo 2018 Missing Link decision

Posted on April 2, 2021 by Tom Fucoloro

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. … 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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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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Construction the Missing Link core scheduled to start this year + Latest economic study wades deep into the absurd

Posted on June 26, 2019 by Tom Fucoloro

After adding another 66 pages to the peak of the Ballard Missing Link’s towering mountain of in-depth studies, Seattle is scheduled to start work on the core segment of the hard-fought trail this year. Work is already underway on Market … 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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Supporters of a completed Missing Link will host happy hour Wednesday

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Tom Fucoloro

After decades of public meetings and open houses and letter-writing campaigns, it’s perhaps a bit difficult to get motivated for yet another public event about the Ballard Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman Trail. But what if I told you there … 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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