Updated Nov 6, 2009 - 2:18 pm

Snohomish-Renton rail corridor preserved

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The Port of Seattle says the agreement signed Thursday will preserve the line for transportation and recreation uses. The port's acquisition is scheduled to close Dec. 15.

The partners are King County, Sound Transit, city of Redmond, Puget Sound Energy and Cascade Water Alliance.

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• Area 49 wrote...

  What? A common sense approach?

  Use an existing railroad line for railroad? What a novel idea! Why not take and tear it all up and make a bicycle/walking trail out of it? The early seattlites had great future light rail routes with all the easements necessary with the Burke-Gilman,the line along Maple Valley Highway, the trail up through Carnation...they sure would get more use than the occasional mom with a stroller or bicyclist.

  November 6, 2009 1:43 pm

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• montanarose wrote...

  Was this the one the dinner train ran on?

  I hope this was the one the dinner train ran on, and that they bring it back.

  November 6, 2009 5:21 pm

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• liame wrote...

  Did the dinner train....

  Wife and friends had to wake me up when it was time to deboard, LOL! Though I did enjoy the wine tasting in Woodinville!!!

  November 6, 2009 5:47 pm

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• fencewalker wrote...

  Well now!!!

  Howzabout that!...Historical preservation laced with practical use...Nice going...common sense can be put to good use..

  November 7, 2009 8:00 am

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• Moondoggie wrote...

  It will still get screwed up!

  What? Move people by rail on right-of-way that is already there? And include a walking/bike trail along side? I have a bad feeling that this deal will still go sideways.

  November 7, 2009 9:46 pm

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• Happy Camper wrote...

  Who Owns it Now?

  Didn't someone big just buy the railroad that actually currently owns this right of way? Remember, owning something and using it wisely are not always the same thing.

  November 8, 2009 10:18 am

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