Benton County

How to align Albany-Corvallis path

Written October 22nd, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 12 responses.

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.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany-Corvallis path, Benton County, bike path, Highway 20, ODOT

Albany-Corvallis path: A new try at alignment

Written October 12th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 8 responses.

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.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany-Corvallis path, Benton County, bike path, bike path alignment, Highway 20, Merloy to Rainwater, ODOT

What happens when Coffin Butte gets full?

Written June 10th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 16 responses.

Benton County officials will soon have to decide whether to allow the Coffin Butte landfill to expand. We all should think about the implications of that issue every time we throw something in the trash.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Benton County, Coffin Butte, dump, landfill, Republic Services, solid waste, trash disposal

Prospects look dim for this intercity bikeway

Written April 22nd, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 17 responses.

Remember the Albany-Corvallis bikeway that then Commissioner Linda Modrell of Benton County proposed in about 2004? Benton County and the state are still working on it, but its eventual completion looks very much in doubt.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany-Corvallis Highway, Benton County, bicycling, Highway 20, Merloy to Rinwater, North Albany, ODOT, shared use path

N. Albany Park project still awaits permit

Written April 11th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 5 responses.

It was in February that Benton County awarded a contract to replace the restroom in North Albany Park, but neither the demolition of the old one nor the new construction has begun. I wondered what was holding things up.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany Public Works, Benton County, building permits, North Albany Park, park restroom, permit issue, permitting

Benton’s N.A. Park: What about upgrade?

Written December 3rd, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 5 responses.

On my way somewhere else on Sunday, I made a detour to North Albany County Park to see if any of the upgrades planned in 2017 had been done.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: ADA, Benton County, North Albany, North Albany Park, playgrounds

On rural Scenic Drive, there’s a new limit

Written October 27th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: one response.

If you’ve driven (or ridden a bike) on Scenic Drive in North Albany lately, you’ve seen the new 45 mph speed signs. They’ve been up a couple of weeks.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: 45 mph, Benton County, Gibson Hill, North Albany, Senic Drive, speed limit