Seattle is asking for public feedback on a proposed bike route through Ballard that would extend the Burke-Gilman Trail all the way to Golden Gardens.
The deadline to complete the survey is 3 p.m. on Wednesday, July 15.
The Seattle Department of Transportation has reached 60% design on an alternate route along NW Market St., Leary Ave. NW and 17th Ave. NW. The proposal includes a 10-foot-wide multi-use trail, new crossings, ADA-compliant curb ramps and updated traffic signals. The Leary Ave. NW portion of the design is planned to be consistent with the Route 40 Transit-Plus Multimodal Corridor project.
For Fremont residents, the connection matters. The Burke-Gilman already runs along the Ship Canal through the neighborhood, and completing this link would let people bike from Fremont all the way to Ballard and Golden Gardens without sharing lanes with vehicles on Shilshole Ave. NW.
The alternate route comes as a Washington state Court of Appeals blocked the city’s longstanding plan to route the trail along Shilshole, where maritime and industrial businesses have fought construction for decades.
The survey is available at https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=RR7meOtrCUCPmTWdi1T0Gx_TulzIrTtHuUQqnM2DnJ5UMTBZRkRBRVJSRFFZWUJDTklQV1lISkYwVi4u.
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