With any kind of luck, North Albany commuters should find the going much smoother on Gibson Hill Road by the end of summer 2022.
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.
Repaving Gibson Hill: Project set to start
Expect delays, the sign on Gibson Hill Road says. That doesn’t sound good. But what it also says is that the long-awaited repaving of this North Albany arterial will finally start this month.
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