One of the barricades remained Tuesday evening, but the low branches were gone.
Just to follow up: The low tree I ran into on Albany’s Dave Clark Path on Wednesday evening is gone.
The tree, or thick branch or limb, was hanging over the low point of the path near Sherman Street. On a bike ride Wednesday evening, my helmeted head slammed into it at what I guess was about 10 miles per hour.
The tree was still there on Friday. I wrote about it again, and I sent the parks department an email about it the next day.
On Monday I heard from Tommy Reeder, in charge of parks maintenance: “I did see your article and I’m sorry to hear that you were hurt. The city forester assessed the tree and will be bringing in a tree service to remove the obstacle. The limb is hanging over the neighbor’s property and there are concerns of damaging the fence if not cut properly. In the meantime, they placed signs in both directions warning of the low hanging obstacle until the issue is resolved.”
I’m glad to say that when I rode through that spot on Tuesday evening, the problem had been solved.
The offending limb that conked me on the head and sent me sprawling on the pavement was gone. So were some other branches that also went across the path, though not quite as low. (The big one I hit was only 5 feet 3 inches above the path.)
The Clark Path has several other issues, but this was a big one, and it’s an issue no more. (hh)
From the remaining stump, you can see the size of that overhanging tree limb.
It’s good that the branch is gone. But, this is a cautionary tale…it shows that Albany’s government is “not taking care of business.” Your accident should never have happened. I know this won’t take place, but signs saying “Use Albany’s Dave Clark Path at Your Own Risk” would be appropriate.
Good job, Hasso! A lot more people read your articles than you realize. Even though many never comment.
Glad it’s gone.
Is it the camera angle or does it look like they could have trimmed another 6-10″ off?
They trimmed as much as necessary.
Since you very regularly travel that path, was it just pure luck that you and others never noticed it before?
That was the first time in years that I tried going through that section in a westward direction. If you went east on the right side of the path, the correct side, you would not have hit that obstruction.
So… Analogous to parking on wrong side of the street? :-)
So, you are saying that it was Hasso’s fault that he never noticed the low hanging, potentially “lethal” branch before? So, Albany Parks & Rec maintenance operates on the premise, “If no one calls something to our attention, we don’t have to fix it?”
I don’t think that is limited to just Parks and Recreation.
I simply posed a question which Hasso answered forthrightly…
They need to work on all of Albany’s city owned lots. They’re all over grown and a fire hazard. Even the medians are over grown. Makes Albany look trashy
I agree.
I reported it to the public works department over 2 weeks ago and there it happened no response from public works such a sad story!
Hasso told them the tree limb comes down or more Wells Fargo parking lot story’s…Ray did get off a good one on parked cars…made me laugh…..