If you ride a bicycle in the Albany area, here’s your chance to talk about it with someone who cares. Well, not necessarily “talk” but answer questions in an online survey.
Our EV future and parking on the street
Written March 31st, 2021 by Hasso Hering
In Oregon’s push to electrify the transportation sector, here’s a question we haven’t heard much about: How does on-street parking work when you have to recharge your car every night so next morning it will start?
National chain plans Albany tire store
Written March 30th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
Discount Tire, described as the largest independent tire and wheel retailer in the world, plans to open an Albany store.
Posted in: News
Tags: Albany city planning, Bruce Halle, Discount Tire, Halle Properties, site plan review, tires and wheels
Tags: Albany city planning, Bruce Halle, Discount Tire, Halle Properties, site plan review, tires and wheels
New rules for city planning: Climate, equity
Written March 29th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
As if Oregon’s land use regulations were not complicated enough, the state is working on additional rules in order to slow climate change and be fair to “priority populations” such as racial and other minorities.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany planning, Executive Order 20-04, Land Conservation and Development Department, Oregon land use, priority populations
Tags: Albany planning, Executive Order 20-04, Land Conservation and Development Department, Oregon land use, priority populations
Tower clocks at Albany Station: Aaaargh!
Written March 27th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
Those clocks on the tower at Albany Station are turning into some kind of headache for the people in city government who have to deal with them again and again.
SB 554 puts gun issue before council
Written March 26th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
A year ago the Albany City Council considered a gun issue and then dropped it. Now guns may come up again, in an entirely different context, if the Oregon House goes along and passes Senate Bill 554.
Albany Albany City Council Albany council Albany downtown Albany Fire Department Albany housing Albany parks Albany Planning Commission Albany police Albany Post Office Albany Public Works Albany riverfront Albany schools Albany Station Albany streets Albany traffic Albany urban renewal apartments ARA Benton County bicycling bike lanes Bowman Park Bryant Park Calapooia River CARA climate change COVID-19 Cox Creek Crocker Lane cumberland church cycling Dave Clark Path DEQ downtown Albany Edgewater Village Ellsworth Street bridge Highway 20 homeless housing Interstate 5 land use Linn County Millersburg Monteith Riverpark North Albany ODOT Oregon coast Oregon legislature Pacific Power Portland & Western Queen Avenue Republic Services Riverside Drive Santiam Canal Scott Lepman Talking Water Gardens The Banks Tom Cordier Union Pacific urban renewal Water Avenue Waterfront Project Waverly Lake Willamette River
Copyright 2024. All Rights Reserved. Hasso Hering.
Website Serviced by Santiam Communications
Verdict on two canal bridges: In OK shape
With all the talk about America’s supposedly crumbling “infrastructure,” it might be worth noting that inspections have found two 90-year-old bridges on Albany’s Santiam Canal to be in fine shape.
Tags: ODOT bridge inspections, Santiam Canal, Santiam Canal bridges, weight limits