Last week we had a bit of fun with an accidental misspelling on the street sign at 27th Avenue and Park Terrace. Now, the typo has been fixed.
Dark corner: City working to get it lit
Written November 29th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
A question about a poorly lighted South Albany intersection, potentially dangerous to pedestrians using the crosswalk these dark winter nights, has not fallen on deaf ears at City Hall. Instead, Albany Public Works is working on a fix.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany Public Works, Albany streets, Geary Street, Grand Prairie Road
Tags: Albany Public Works, Albany streets, Geary Street, Grand Prairie Road
At Talking Waters, an added feature
Written May 30th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
At Albany’s Talking Water Gardens the other day, I noticed something new: Three spiffy bike racks near the entrance. Is that supposed to be a hint to bike riders to leave their wheels behind and proceed on foot?
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany Public Works, bicycling, bike racks, Talking Water Gardens
Tags: Albany Public Works, bicycling, bike racks, Talking Water Gardens
City comes to the rescue, quickly
Written March 24th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
What’s going on in this west Albany alley is an emergency repair job. A friend who lives behind that fence on the right told me about it, and I checked it out because it’s an example of a helpful but largely unheralded program the city of Albany runs.
That was quick: Flooding fixed
Written November 18th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
You will be relieved to hear that this is likely to be the last report on the great Southwest Broadway Street flood of 2016. Why? Because once Albany officials became aware of the problem, the city jumped into action, spent some days pumping away the ponding runoff, and on Thursday was finishing work on a permanent fix.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany Public Works, Broadway Street, storm water runoff, street flooding
Tags: Albany Public Works, Broadway Street, storm water runoff, street flooding
City pump at work on Broadway
Written November 7th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
Albany has jumped into action to deal with a big puddle of runoff that started overflowing a part of Broadway Street S.W. this fall.
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Tags: Albany Public Works, Albany Research Center, broadway street pond, Department of Energy
Tags: Albany Public Works, Albany Research Center, broadway street pond, Department of Energy
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Questioning a simple thing, and the answer
While the world seems to be headed down the drain in many complicated ways, I had a question the other day about a much simpler and straight-forward type of drain.
Tags: Albany Public Works, curbside swales, Ninth Avenue, rainwater swales, street design