Originally published Sunday, September 14, 2008 at 12:00 AM
PrintMore than 200 show at new I-5 Colonnade opening
More than 200 people showed up to the grand opening of the I-5 Colonnade on Saturday, many with their bikes so they could try out the new park.
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Ben Lynn, 27, of Seattle, drops down the "Holy Chute" on Saturday at the official opening of the Colonnade Mountain Bike Park, under Interstate 5 in downtown Seattle. The northbound freeway lanes are in the background.
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Sophia Rasmussen, 2, of Seattle, is assisted on her bike by family friend Kevin Battey, from Sand Point, Idaho, on Saturday at the official park opening.
More than 200 people showed up to the grand opening of the I-5 Colonnade on Saturday, many with their bikes so they could try out the new park.
The space under the freeway and between Seattle's Eastlake and Capitol Hill neighborhoods was an enclave of drug activity and prostitution before King County, the city of Seattle and surrounding neighborhoods began construction on the park three years ago, said John Lang. Lang is executive director of the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, formerly known as the Backcountry Bicycle Trails Club.
"It was a tough place, if you were a neighbor there, to move past," he said.
The colonnade was built with $170,000 in public money, $26,000 in donated funds and about 44,000 hours in volunteer time. It was a collaboration between the bike club, King County, Seattle Parks Department and Seattle Department of Neighborhoods.
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