Burke-Gilman is going to be closed for up to five days in Kenmore between 61st Ave NE and 65th Ave NE starting February 16th. It's probably hillside reinforcement.

People on bikes can detour onto 175th, which runs in parallel. It's low-traffic, but what traffic is there includes heavy industrial from the cement plant.

Since there are no sidewalks on 175th - at all - people on foot are advised to go uphill to Bothell Way. Despite some business driveways, that length of sidewalk is perfectly reasonable, and next to a bus lane rather than full traffic. However, the climb up from 61st is very steep and is _NOT_ ADA-compliant.

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two unusual views of Burke-Gilman Trail on a wet but not rainy day

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saw this on burke-gilman while going to the drug store today: trail work in lake forest park

there ARE going to be detours and the only true "closure" according to the _text_ is for _five_ days - and even then there will be a detour, so it's not a complete closure.

And it's also not a month _and_ five days. so it's confusing sign.

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WA may be getting new highways — for bicyclists

While Washington State has been struggling to fund most of its major transportation projects, the chair of the state Senate Transportation Committee says financing a statewide bikeway system is cheap enough to pull off. The project would connect our existing major bike paths across the state—the Burke-Gilman, Palouse to Cascades, Eastrail, and Spokane’s Centennial—for less than $50 million over two years. It’s orders of magnitude cheaper than car infrastructure AND better for our environment.

Unpaywalled link to Seattle Times article
https://archive.ph/1i8I5

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WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK

TWICE IN TWO DAYS WHY

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was EVERY OTHER ROAD IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE not GOOD ENOUGH for you

GUESS NOT HUH

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