Tag: montlake
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City Council will likely vote on 520 resolution with even stronger bike/walk language
The City Council will consider an amended resolution to guide planning for the Seattle side of the 520 Bridge Replacement Project today (Monday) at 2:30 p.m. Stay tuned for updates. UPDATE: It passes the committee. See the Montlaker blog for live updates from the meeting. As we reported previously, the state is looking to the…
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State will fund new Arboretum trail
The state will fund construction of a new trail through the Arboretum, connecting E Madison Street and the Montlake neighborhood. Part of the 520 Bridge Replacement Project, the trail will provide a biking and walking route near the historic—but overcrowded—Lake Washington Boulevard. It will also someday connect to the redesigned Montlake lid and trail connections…
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Central Seattle Greenways: Bridging the North Capitol Hill ‘topographic fortress’
In the group’s continued analysis of the biking and walking elements of the 520 Bridge, Central Seattle Greenways looked at other ways of getting on and off North Capitol Hill. They found what many people have suspected: All roads are very steep. On top of that, the roads with slightly less grades (either natural or…
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Council hears overwhelming support for people-friendly 520 project
If you have ever walked or biked through Montlake at Highway 520, you know that the area is not friendly to people outside a motor vehicle. Well, if current plans go forward, the walking and biking environment would be worse. Neighborhood residents and walk/bike boosters made the case to the City Council Monday for a…
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Saturday: Tell WSDOT to build the 520 biking & walking trail to Capitol Hill
Look, here’s the thing, WSDOT: It would be completely absurd to build a whole new floating bridge from Medina to Montlake complete with a biking and walking trail, then stop the trail less than a mile from the end of the bridge where it can connect to the densest residential neighborhood in the state and…
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A look at plans for the new 520 Bridge through Montlake
This post was originally published at Capitol Hill Seattle. We’ve already looked at the state’s concepts for a walking and biking trail across Lake Washington via a reconstructed 520 floating bridge. But the reconstructed bridge will also come with redesigns for the entire section of highway between the lake and I-5. Earlier this month, the…
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