The former bus barn of the Albany public schools will become the property of the city of Albany, according to a sales agreement up for city council approval on Wednesday night.
If you want Queen Avenue to be finished on time, stay out of the way. That’s the advice that came Monday from the City of Albany.
After an executive session closed to the public, the Albany City Council last week voted unanimously “to authorize the public works director to submit a sealed bid to Greater Albany Public School District.”
The construction you see near Waverly Lake is part of a big sewer project intended to serve the growing part of Albany on the east side of Interstate 5.
Albany city officials have an idea for an improved walking and biking trail along the south side of the Willamette River. The “multi-use path” would follow the route of an existing dirt track that links Bowman and Simpson parks.
For a moment there, it looked as though the City of Albany was making progress in opening up, for public use, sections of the Vine Street right-of-way alongside the Santiam Canal.
Why the Queen Ave. job has been delayed
Albany city officials say complications with two railroads are still delaying construction of a new water main on Queen Avenue just east of Pacific Boulevard.
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