Wondering if anything had changed in the last year, on Sunday I took the bike down Bryant Way to the entrance of Bowers Rock State Park. And the answer is no, nothing has been done to make public access to the place any easier than it’s ever been.
Pretty spiffy, you have to admit, looking at the newly reconstructed intersection of Water Avenue and Hill Street on Albany’s riverfront. But functional? Maybe not so much.
City engineers in Albany are planning a $13 million sewer project they hope will prevent overflows into the Willamette River during heavy wintertime rainstorms. It will also force a change in the riverfront Dave Clark Path and, likely as not, cut into new pavement on Water Avenue.
Nothing had been heard lately about banning plastic bags in Albany — until a group of Memorial Middle School students showed up at the city council’s meeting Wednesday night.
The first apartment complex to be built in North Albany will be ready for tenants this summer. That’s the word from Charles Weathers of Salem, the developer of the four buildings with 12 units each.
Any change at Bowers Rock?
Wondering if anything had changed in the last year, on Sunday I took the bike down Bryant Way to the entrance of Bowers Rock State Park. And the answer is no, nothing has been done to make public access to the place any easier than it’s ever been.
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