Tag: myrtle edwards
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Trail Alert: Year-long County wastewater project could create some Elliott Bay Trail delays
King County is beginning work this week on a delayed waterwater regulator project in Myrtle Edwards Park that could disrupt the Elliott Bay Trail. The project worksite entrance is at the south entrance to the trail near the Sculpture Garden, an area that can get congested with people biking and walking. The County says flaggers…
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Hempfest is this weekend, so expect big delays on Elliott Bay Trail (or give in and join them)
Hempfest is back for its annual bike-trail-closing pro-marijuana fest in Myrtle Edwards Park. The good news is that, if you are headed to Hempfest, bike access is excellent. Hempfest even recommends arriving by bike and will have racks set up at the north entrance. But if you are just trying to bike through the area…
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Trucks driving on Elliott Bay Trail? Must be Hempfest time again!
Seattle’s worst-located annual festival is starting to gear up, frustrating people biking on the Elliott Bay Trail through Myrtle Edwards Park. Hempfest loading started this week, and the impediments will not stop until August 21, a week and a half from now. I’ve already received one email from a reader who said he had to…
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W Thomas St overpass opens new possibilities for Lower Queen Anne
After months (years?) of delay, the W Thomas St walking and biking overpass opened Friday. The bridge connects Lower Queen Anne to Myrtle Edwards Park and the Elliott Bay Trail, closing a huge missing link for the neighborhood and commuters alike. Before the overpass, people at 3rd Ave W and W Thomas Street would have…
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W Thomas Street overpass is open
I’m gonna go a bike ride to Lower Queen Anne via the waterfront and Myrtle Edwards Park :-)
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Hempfest gears up along Elliott Bay Trail, so you might want to take another route
Hempfest. Usually pot activists and people on bikes don’t conflict with each other. The issues are pretty different (if you think I’m wrong, make your case in the comments below!). But the weekend-long pot protestival that is Hempfest essentially closes a major bicycling transportation corridor with few good alternatives, and that is cause for conflict…

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