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7/10/2024 – In last minute effort, Strauss successfully adds $20M for Burke Gilman trail via Leary/Market to the Transportation Levy proposal (Seattle Bike Blog)

 

7/10/2024 – $1.55 billion transportation levy breaks decades-long Burke-Gilman impasse (Puget Sound Business Journal)

 

7/10/2024 – Seattle Sends $1.55 Billion Transportation Levy to the November Ballot (The Urbanist)

 

7/10/2024 – Seattle City Council sends $1.55B transportation tax to the ballot (Crosscut)

 

7/10/2024 – Seattle set to vote on $1.55B transportation levy this fall (Capitol Hill Seattle Blog)

 

7/9/2024 – Seattle council adds one last surprise to biggest-ever transportation levy (Seattle Times)

 

7/9/2024 –  Transportation levy funds Leary bypass of Burke-Gilman Trail (Publicola)

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3/16/2023 - Linked at last? A new proposal for Burke-Gilman (KUOW)

 

3/11/2023 - Has Seattle Found the Missing Link to Complete the Burke-Gilman Trail?  (Seattle Times)

 

3/11/2023 - Strauss Advances Leary Alternative for Burke-Gilman Trail Missing Link (The Urbanist)

 

3/10/2023- Completing the Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman Trail

(Councilmember Blog)

 

3/11/2023 - Has Seattle Found the Missing Link to Complete the Burke-Gilman Trail?  (Seattle Times)

 

3/11/2023 - Strauss Advances Leary Alternative for Burke-Gilman Trail Missing Link (The Urbanist)

 

3/10/2023 - A plan to finally complete Burke-Gilman’s Missing Link (The Stranger)

 

3/10/2023 - CM Strauss asks mayor to study Market and Leary for Missing Link (Seattle Bike Blog)

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4/9/2021 - Burke-Gilman Trail Missing Link Faces Further Delays With Recent Court Ruling

 

4/7/2021 - Battle Over Burke-Gilman Trail "Missing Link" Drags on After Court Rulings

 

4/2/2021 - Court Decides Hearing Examiner Needs to Redo 2018 Missing Link Decision
 

1/14/2021 - Court battle over Missing Link alignment continues 

 

7/17/2020 - After court loss, Seattle vows to keep pursuing “Missing Link” of Burke-Gilman Trail 

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7/16/2020 - Seattle can’t uproot Ballard Railroad tracks to complete Burke-Gilman Trail, judge rules 

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6/16/2020 - A “Missing Link” of future Burke–Gilman Trail found in Ballard 

 
3/21/17 - Teamsters 174, CSR Marine, and Operating Engineers Local 302 stand together in a favor of a plan that does not jeopardize businesses or lives and does not waste taxpayer money.

3/20/17 - Unedited debate outside of Council chambers (VIDEO) 
 

3/20/17 - Coalition testimony at Seattle City Council (VIDEO)
 

3/20/17 - Missing link debate heats up (VIDEO)
 

3/20/17 - New uproar over final four of the Burke-Gilman trail (VIDEO)
 

3/13/17 - Seattle's fiercest bike fight is settled -- or is it?
 

3/13/17 - Ballard Coalition rolls out opposition against Mayor's plans for 'missing link'
 

7/20/16 - Crowds gather at public meeting for Burke-Gilman Trail 'Missing Link'
 

6/4/14 -   SDOT Makes Temporary Bike Path Fix
 

5/15/13 - Looks like PLAN B!

8/30/12 - Kiro TV - Missing Link Burke Gilman Trail rejected

8/29/12 - Seattle P.I. - Missing Link Plan

8/30/12 - Seattle Bike Blog - Time for an interim solution

8/29/12 - MyBallard.com - Impact statement needed from SDOT

8/29/12 - Publicola.com - City places another hurdle in front of missing link
 

7/19/12 - Burke-Gilman Trails Missing Link still causing problems for bikers
 

2/16/12 - Completion of Burke-Gilman Missing Link delayed once
 

7/8/11 - Ballard bikes VS freight debate ride
 

3/7/11 - Another appeal filed over the 'Missing Link' 

Press Release

PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release

July 9, 2024

Contact: Josh Brower, attorney

(206) 498-1804

 

Seattle City Council Steps Up with $20 Million Levy Funding for Long Overdue Improvements to NW Market and Leary – and a Real Plan to Finish the Missing Link

 

BALLARD – The Ballard Coalition, applauds the Seattle City Council today for adding $20 million to the Seattle Transportation Levy for Northwest Market St and Leary Way improvements. The action underscores their commitment to protecting working-class and family-wage jobs while keeping people and products moving safely through the community.

 

The Ballard Coalition is a group of businesses and labor organizations that have pressed for two decades to finish the Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman Trail on Leary instead of Shilshole.

 

Councilmember Dan Strauss proposed the levy amendment. Along with Strauss, Councilmembers Joy Hollingsworth, Tammy Morales, Cathy Moore, Rob Saka and Tanya Woo also voted in support of the amendment. The $20 million amendment to the transportation levy is necessary for completing the Missing Link of the Burke-Gilman Trail on Leary.

 

Multi-modal transit is key to keeping Seattle affordable and accessible to all. Finishing the bike trail on Leary – will best serve all of Seattle. On Monday, the Seattle Department of Transportation released its 30 percent design for finishing the bike route on NW Market and Leary.

 

"After 20 years of successfully protecting working-class Ballard, we are on the way to  a real solution to the Missing Link, together with a strong group of common-sense supporters who are truly dedicated to real transit equity and safety, said Josh Brower, attorney for the Coalition.

 

Finishing the Missing Link on a redesigned Leary works for everyone because it provides:

• Dedicated lanes reducing bike accidents

• Calmer traffic

• A direct connection to places people want to go

• Fewer lost parking spaces compared to Shilshole;

• Reduced impacts to maritime and industrial businesses

• Support for working-class and union-wage jobs.

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