First the good news, it's officially spring! As spring approaches each year, all of us bicyclists get super excited about pulling our bikes out to ride to the market or just to be out on a nice sunny day. It truly is wonderful to ride your bike in the summer in the Pacific Northwest.
Now the bad news. Summer time, with our extended dry spells, means construction time. You have probably heard about the construction on Dexter and on the Burke-Gilman Trail through Lake Forest Park (for which we will soon have a detour route). Both projects will make our lives as bicyclists better. A buffered bike lane and a flat trail, respectively.
But there is one more project you should aware of. Seattle City Light's plans to install new power lines onto the steel towers on either side of the Lake Washington Ship Canal at Warren Avenue in Fremont and Queen Anne. Why does this matter to me, you ask? The work will affect the Burke-Gilman Trail and the Ship Canal Trail. The plan is to have a safety buffer under the towers, causing a portion of the trails there to be intermittently closed. Bicyclists will be detoured around the project and back onto the trails. The construction is set to start on May 2 and to continue through July.
Have an opinion? Or want to know more? There will be two public forums to discuss the project.
The first is on Tuesday, March 29, from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. at Seattle Pacific University’s Bertona Hall, 103 W. Bertona St., Room 2. Parking is free in the lot west of the Bertona building.
The second meeting is on Tuesday, March 29 from 1 to 2 p.m. at Theo Chocolate, 3400 Phinney Ave. N.
Come out, learn, and share your thoughts.
Check out the website for more information.
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