In case you want to keep track, the anticipated cost of Albany’s downtown streetscape project has topped $10 million. But it’s still under budget, according to the latest update.
Street repairs and money woes
Written May 19th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
[youtube video=”Zo2bKV7_doE”] My choice this morning was between watching the Windsor Wedding on TV or reading the city of Albany’s Capital Improvement Plan for 2019-23. The CIP won. And I learned a thing or two.
Cleaned up for now; surveillance next?
Written May 17th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
This was the Cox Creek Path railroad underpass on Thursday afternoon, and as you can see, the walls have once again been repainted to look clean. This spot on the Albany park system is tagged so often that I think it would be a promising candidate for camera surveillance.
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Tags: Albany parks, Cox Creek path, Cox Creek underpass, vandalism and graffifit
Tags: Albany parks, Cox Creek path, Cox Creek underpass, vandalism and graffifit
Fuel tax defeat: Council out of touch
Written May 15th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
The crushing rejection of Albany’s local fuel tax Tuesday may be just the latest example of the majority of council members and a majority of their constituents not being on the same page.
Big Dig enters its final phase
Written May 14th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
[youtube video=”0biNIkYCw2M”] As you can see, the final push of downtown Albany’s Big Dig has begun. It’s supposed to be finished by mid-July. But then there’s one more thing: ODOT resurfacing the two downtown legs of Highway 20.
A downtown bank branch will close
Written May 14th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
Rumors that Wells Fargo was about to close its downtown Albany branch had been circulating for weeks before the bank confirmed them Monday. The downtown urban renewal board will hold a closed-to-the-public meeting Wednesday to consider real estate transactions, and the idea of buying the building for its parking may well come up.
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Barbed-wire request meets resistance
Jim Ketter’s request to get rid of the barbed wire along the Albany-Santiam Canal in the Monteith Historic District, and maybe even lower the fences, has gotten nowhere so far.
Tags: Albany-Santiam Canal, barbed wire, CARA, Jim Ketter