Weeds are sprouting, as weeds will, in the center island of Albany’s Main Street roundabout, where a planned landscaping treatment is taking longer than expected. But let’s be patient; it should be done this summer.
Crash: A chance to test NA detour
Written May 16th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
As you can see above, Pacific Power crew members worked Saturday afternoon to replace a power pole on North Albany Road. The road had been closed since Saturday morning. A worker manning the roadblock at the south end of the work zone told me that a trailer had come loose and slammed into the pole by the […]
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Tags: Albany Public Works, Emery & Sons, Gibson Hill Road, North Albany Road, power pole crash
Tags: Albany Public Works, Emery & Sons, Gibson Hill Road, North Albany Road, power pole crash
The riverfront beat: A slight detour
Written September 16th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
The latest from the Albany riverfront beat: The Dave Clark Path was partially blocked on Tuesday afternoon, and it looked like the work might go on for a few more days.
Belmont Street update: A big dig
Written September 10th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
There was a big, deep hole Wednesday on Belmont Street in southwest Albany, and workers were laboring to make it bigger. Working under a $484100 city contract, North Santiam Paving of Stayton is replacing two damaged culverts under the street with a three-sided box culvert, and until it’s done the street is closed.
Paving with deadline a day away
Written August 28th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
With the deadline one day away, the paving crew on Albany’s Main Street project was working hard Thursday to finish the job by the time the city has promised.
Still puzzled by roundabouts?
Written August 20th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
In a couple of weeks Albany will have its third roundabout or traffic circle, so it’s time for a refresher on how to drive through one. One bit of advice: Don’t stop unless you have to.
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It looked like a close call
This was Monday afternoon and it could have been bad. Flaggers were regulating traffic on North Albany road, and the line of stopped northbound vehicles stretched back across the railroad tracks when the crossing lights started flashing and, moments later, the gates came down.
Tags: Albany Public Works, North Albany Road Project, Portland & Western Railroad