The conflict over a proposed expansion of the Coffin Butte landfill in north Benton County has entered a new and unexpected stage.
For residents of North Albany, the property selected for a proposed Benton County justice center has one advantage over the other sites that have now been rejected.
As far as I can remember, I’ve been inside the historic Benton County Courthouse only twice, the last time nearly four years ago when my wife and I went down into the basement (pictured above) to change our registration to vote.
Turns out that contrary to what it says on Benton County’s project website, we can keep calling the proposed Albany-Corvallis Bikeway by that name or something like it.
The proposed expansion of the Coffin Butte Landfill occupied the Benton County Planning Commission for four hours on Tuesday night. It was a public hearing, but the public didn’t get to speak till a quarter to 10.
A big expansion of the Coffin Butte Landfill is the subject of a public hearing before the Benton County Planning Commission tonight, Tuesday night. But the question is not whether the expansion is necessary or wise. Instead, it’s whether it meets some fairly nebulous or subjective standards in the county’s development code.
On Gibson Hill, repaving due this summer
With any kind of luck, North Albany commuters should find the going much smoother on Gibson Hill Road by the end of summer 2022.
Tags: Benton County, commuting, Gibson Hill Road, North Albany, pavement restoration