Tag: salmon bay sand and gravel

February 13, 2017

Opinion on Missing Link route coalesces even further + send City Hall a Valentine to say: Build it!

“Roses are red, violets are blue. Complete the Missing Link, it’s long overdue.” That’s the text on the adorable valentines Cascade Bicycle Club is urging supporters of the Burke-Gilman Trail to send to city leaders. It is much more friendly than my first attempt at a Missing Link valentine.* Cascade staff (including my wonderful spouse…
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tagged: burke-gilman trail, ed murray, jessica dickinson, kevin carrabine, mark durall, mike o’brien, missing link, salmon bay sand and gravel
June 5, 2015

Finally, movement on court-required Missing Link study + 98.6% voice support for trail

After somehow spending a year and a half to “finish analyzing the feedback from the EIS scoping process held in late 2013,” the city is holding an open house to present the plan to develop a study of options to finally complete the Ballard Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman Trail. The draft of that study…
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tagged: ballard, ballard chamber of commerce, ballard oil, burke-gilman trail, missing link, salmon bay sand and gravel
September 20, 2010

Burke-Gilman missing link opponents dealt blow in court

King County Superior Court threw out appeals by Salmon Bay Sand & Gravel and other Ballard businesses Friday, removing one more hurdle to completing the Burke-Gilman trail through Ballard.
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tagged: burke-gilman, cascade bicycle club, missing link, salmon bay sand and gravel
July 12, 2010

Name-calling in battle over Missing Link

The Seattle Times published a look at the battle over the Ballard missing link with a much needed zoomed-out view. Basically, the article asks, “What are we even fighting about anymore?” Is it about old vs new Ballard? Is it about industry vs dot-coms? Are bikers saying they don’t want blue collar jobs? Is industry…
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tagged: ballard, burke-gilman, missing link, salmon bay sand and gravel, seattle times
July 8, 2010

Lame businesses in Ballard try to further block Missing Link

Salmon Bay Sand and Gravel Co. and their “business” friends are at it again, trying to make sure the Burke-Gilman trail is never completed and that people continue having their pleasant rides turned suddenly into a potentially deadly and violent ride along Shilshole and Market.
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tagged: ballard, ballard bridge, business, missing link, salmon bay sand and gravel, shilshole