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Ballard Missing Link loses again, Appeals Court rules fully against city and Cascade
The Appeals Court conclusion. Read the full document (PDF). Another half decade of Missing Link court battling may have been completely wasted after the Washington State Court of Appeals delivered a devastating blow to the city's 2021 attempt to bypass environmental review by building a skinnier trail to connect the Burke-Gilman Trail from 11th Ave NW to the Ballard Locks. The court smacked down arguments made on behalf of completing the reduced trail, affirming that it is not categorically exempt from state environmental review as the city claimed and that the group fighting the trail does have legal standing despite having no official structure, meeting minutes or funding disclosures.
