Road to Golden Gardens is Open
Kendra February 26th, 2009
This year we had record breaking snow, but in December of 2007 we had those record breaking rainstorms. The severity of the storms was made up close and personal to Ballard residents by news that the road to Golden Gardens had collapsed due to the pressures of the storm. For north Ballard residents like myself, this meant being cut off from the ‘back way’ to Golden Gardens and Shilshoe Marina for over a year. Sure, you could drive all the way down to NW Market Street and get to the shore that way, but who wants to deal with heading through congested downtown Ballard anymore? The back way past the dog park was a much more peaceful, scenic and enjoyable drive.
The road reopened last month, and though I am grateful for the reopening of the road, I couldn’t help but notice several rough patches….as long as the road was shut and needing repair, could they not have made it as smooth as possible for the reopening? One of the platforms of the new President is investment in infrastructure and roads and we could definitely use a little of that around the neighborhood these days. Has anyone noticed the big holes on 85th Street? Just this week the Seattle Times reported that none of the federal funds being given to Washington would be used to fix the Mercer mess etc. but instead be used to repair WA roads – seems like someone is noticing!
two minds on that one. leaving the road open for bikes and peds only had real advantages. too many drivers scream up and down that road for it to be safe for 2 wheelers. hopefully the rough pavement will slow them down.