HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Autumn at Talking Waters: Smooth and easy riding

Written October 29th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Late October is as good a time as any for a visit to Albany’s Talking Water Gardens, and I did a circuit of the major paths on the bike in the middle of last week.


New in a ‘conflict zone:’ Green stripes

Written October 28th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

When Queen Avenue east of Pacific Boulevard in Albany was repaved and reopened to traffic last week, a new wrinkle appeared in the markings the contractor laid down: a series of green stripes in the bike lane.


Queen Avenue: Why the bumps are still there

Written October 26th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

When a section of Queen Avenue was reopened this week after being torn up for utility work and then repaved, somebody complained in a comment here that the railroad crossing was still as bumpy as always.


Piecing together a special Albany playground

Written October 25th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Exactly a year ago, the Albany City Council approved the purchase of a special kind of playground for installation at Lehigh Park. Now the city’s park maintenance crew is bolting the pieces together.


At Fourth and Calapooia, a building rises

Written October 24th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

There’s something new to see at the northeast corner of Fourth Avenue and Calapooia Street in Albany: vertical construction.


Cox Creek bridge replacement inches forward

Written October 23rd, 2024 by Hasso Hering

On a bike ride Wednesday, I stopped at the bridge across Cox Creek on Waverly Drive. Except that the pavement has become more pitted, little has changed there since the bridge was briefly closed and then restricted to one driving lane in 2005.


Grand Prairie land use hearing to resume

Written October 22nd, 2024 by Hasso Hering

A proposal to rezone an undeveloped property on Grand Prairie Road in southeast Albany to allow apartments or townhouses will be the subject of a continued public hearing next week.


 
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