The “Missing Link” of the Burke-Gilman Trail forces cyclists to share the road with vehicle traffic and cross railroad tracks.
The Burke-Gilman Trail, a 29-mile span of recreational trail which unites Seattle with Bothell, has long been incomplete. A section dubbed the “Missing Link,” spanning 1.4 miles of trail in Ballard, forces cyclists to share the road with vehicle traffic and cross railroad tracks.That Missing Link intersects a stretch of railroad track operated by the Ballard Terminal Railroad . The track poses a safety risk to cyclists forced to cross at a steep angle.
It further asserts that, after the City installed a two-way bike lane in 2013, it did not maintain the warning signs, flex posts, and markings to guide movement over the tracks. Plans to revamp those safety measures were delayed in response to the pandemic, among other reasons. The lawsuit suggests that the City’s hope the Burke Gilman Trail could be completed sooner led to inaction.
“While the community continues to wait for completion of the Burke-Gilman Trail, the bicycle route on NW 45th St. and Shilshole Ave. NW remains the primary path of travel for bicyclists riding in the Missing Link,” Levin wrote to MyNorthwest.
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