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A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

The Idaho stop: Oregon may allow it here

Written April 11th, 2019 by Hasso Hering

There are good reasons why bicyclists in Albany and elsewhere in Oregon don’t usually come to a complete stop at stop signs when there’s no cross traffic. Now a bill pending in the state Senate would make it legal too.


On Spring Hill Drive on Wednesday afternoon

Written April 10th, 2019 by Hasso Hering

[youtube video=”cJaIJrPpn58″] A short section of Spring Hill Drive in North Albany was under water Wednesday, but not so deep that the Albany Fire Department could not drive through it to transport someone to the hospital.


Second day of flooding around Albany

Written April 9th, 2019 by Hasso Hering

[youtube video=”fSdu8RUVHlI”] As the video illustrates with one example, Bryant Way, the flooding of low-lying roads around the mid-valley got worse on Tuesday. It may have been fun and games for tourists gazing at the under-water parks along the Willamette, but not so much for commuters.


Downtown outhouse status: It’s undecided

Written April 8th, 2019 by Hasso Hering

Will the portable toilet outside of Albany’s First Christian Church be allowed to stay? On Monday the city council didn’t say yes, and it didn’t say no. Instead, Mayor Sharon Konopa referred the question to the city staff for a report.


High-water gates see action once again

Written April 8th, 2019 by Hasso Hering

[youtube video=”rmXAToPzsvw”] The high-water gates installed on Bryant Way came in handy today as the Calapooia River topped its banks and sent some of its flow down the floodway that cuts across the county road west of Bryant Park.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News

Park tree’s life extended — for the birds

Written April 5th, 2019 by Hasso Hering

With orange plastic netting, the Albany Parks Department is trying to keep people away from a dying tree in lower Bryant Park lest they get conked out by falling branches. Why not just cut the tree down? Because birds could be nesting there.

Posted in: Commentary, News

Hwy. 20 gridlock: Quit making it worse

Written April 4th, 2019 by Hasso Hering

Around 6 last Monday night, because of an accident on the Ellsworth Street Bridge, it took half an hour for a car to move 2,200 feet from North Albany Road at Hickory to the signal on Highway 20 and Spring Hill. On Thursday it took a long time too, even though both lanes on the […]

Posted in: Commentary, News

 
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