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See also: Burke Gilman Missing Link, an extension to fill a 1.4 mile gap in Seattle's most popular bike trail, halted very much the same way by a concrete company who has used environmental laws to argue that its business would be impacted because its drivers can't be trusted to drive trucks near people biking.

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The one that gets me is Warren Aakervik - he retired long ago, but still comes into the office of Ballard Oil for the sole purpose of delaying the Missing Link. It's a poor legacy to work so hard for, in a city packed with inspiring examples (e.g. Myrtle Edwards).

https://www.kuow.org/stories/bike-trail-critics-see-opportun...

He would be far from the first Ballardite to work hard to fight progress. IIRC there is a whole exhibit at the Ballard Locks on people who moved to Ballard and Fremont to "escape the city", under the premise that 45th would never be electrified in their lifetimes.

For most of this group, they were in for a rude awakening when City Light built out Fremont and Ballard.

To weaken their argument further, there are already a ton of people biking on that street already without good, safe infrastructure.

For those not in the know, it is quite literally a "missing link" between two ends of an otherwise pretty great separated bike path.

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