Lowe’s proposal to build a store at Ninth and Oak Street has been an expensive proposition for the city of Albany so far. The city spent around $5 million on street work and related improvements, in return for which the company promised in its development agreement with the city to have the store open by […]
East Albany’s Main Street at Third and Salem avenues has been torn up all summer. But the end is in sight. Well, it’s about six weeks away.
As you can see and hear in the video, workers have been laying the groundwork for installing artificial turf on the football field at South Albany High School. They hope to be finished by the time the field will be needed, and I hope they make it.
This doesn’t look like much now, just the shabby back side of the old Albany building at 420 Third Ave. S.W. But it won’t look like this for long.
There’s been some question about access to and from the planned site of a new Albany police station on Pacific Boulevard S.W. (Highway 99E). Â Today there’s new information on that point from Ron Irish, the city’s transportation systems analyst.
The Millersburg struggle about electric power is about to enter a new phase, one that seeks to get the voters involved. The struggle is between ATI Wah Chang, the town’s main industry and largest power consumer, which wants Millersburg to take over the electric system, and Pacific Power, which does not want to give it […]
Fixing Water Avenue, Part II
If you drive along Albany’s riverfront, you will have noticed that work began today on the second phase of rebuilding Water Avenue and the railroad track in the middle of it.
Tags: Albany street repairs, Portrland & Western Railroad, Salem Road & Driveway, Water Avenue