Several big issues have to be resolved before there’s any chance that the long planned Albany-Corvallis bike and walking path along Highway 20 can be built.
The idea of building a roughly eight-mile bike path between Albany and Corvallis has been kicking around ever since the Benton County Commissioners mentioned it in 2003. Now the county and ODOT are once again hoping to determine a route the path could take.
Planned and talked about for more than 20 years, the proposed Albany-Corvallis bikeway is still in the works, but don’t expect its completion any time soon or, depending on your age, before you die.
There’s some doubt whether the long-proposed Albany-Corvallis bike path will ever be built, but Benton County is pedaling on with the idea, so far at least. The next step is a public meeting to hear a report from consultants on phase 1 of their work and “discuss alternative routes.”
Before putting much more work into any possible bikeway between Corvallis and North Albany along the Highway 20 corridor, Benton County is going to try to find out how many people might actually want to use such a route.
The roadside spot where Albany bicyclist Grant Keith Garner died on Tuesday is on one of my regular bike-riding routes, and I extend my heartfelt condolences to Garner’s family and others who knew him. As an accident it was an unusual one, but the crash that killed Garner, 60, shows why cyclists wish there were more […]
Albany-Corvallis path: Seeking best alignment
Benton County and ODOT are trying to balance many factors as they try to find the best potential alignment for the long-discussed bikeway and shared-use path between Albany and Corvallis.
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