HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Request: Remove school speed zone

Written August 9th, 2018 by Hasso Hering

When Diane Conrad asked the Albany City Council to remove a 20 mph school zone, she probably spoke for many motorists. The zone on Southeast Waverly Drive disrupts traffic but isn’t needed for safety, she argued, and she asked the city to remove it.


Fresh crosswalk lines, but why now?

Written August 8th, 2018 by Hasso Hering

A reader, Larry Falk, was wondering last week why ODOT was painting crosswalks on Lyon and Ellsworth even though both legs of the downtown Albany couplet of Highway 20 will be repaved next month. Evidently it was a mistake.


School cell towers will pay off turf

Written August 7th, 2018 by Hasso Hering

Rental income from new cell phone towers at Albany’s two high schools will pay off the cost of the artificial turf laid down on South’s football field in 2014.


Accessory dwellings: The veto stands

Written August 6th, 2018 by Hasso Hering

If you’re keeping track of City Hall news, and even if you’re not, Mayor Sharon Konopa’s veto of a code change on accessory dwellings has been upheld. Now she’ll work with the city staff to come up with a version she likes better.


Help Fish rebound from street project

Written August 6th, 2018 by Hasso Hering

If you’re inclined to help a worthy cause, now would be a good time make a donation to Fish of Albany. This charity has been hampered by the reconstruction of Hill Street, which started in April and isn’t completely finished yet.


Under canal’s languid flow, an issue lurks

Written August 5th, 2018 by Hasso Hering

Here’s what the Albany-Santiam Canal looked like through the fence at Ninth Avenue on the evening of July 31. Want to see what it looked like without the fence?


School projects: There’s progress, mostly

Written August 4th, 2018 by Hasso Hering

Albany’s great school expansion and renovation effort is moving along on several sites, but there have been delays in individual projects.


 
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