This improvised addition showed up at the east end of Albany’s riverside Dave Clark Path. Today it featured a notice zip-tied to the bench that made me stop to take a look.
Riverside path blocked for sewer project
Written July 25th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
Now it has started — the big Albany sewer project intended to prevent overflows to the Willamette River during heavy rains. The construction will, among other things, distrupt the middle section of the Dave Clark Riverside Path, where an underground lift station or pump will be installed.
Just another day on the Dave Clark Path
Written June 13th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
Something you don’t see every day: A Portland & Western maintenance pickup parked on the trestle where it crosses the Dave Clark Riverfront Path.
Riverfront beat: What’s up along the Clark Path
Written May 25th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
So what’s new on my riverfront beat, you may be wondering. Besides a doll having been propped up and left by the side of the Dave Clark Path?
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany riverfront, Dave Clark Path, Riverside Interceptor, The Banks apartments
Tags: Albany riverfront, Dave Clark Path, Riverside Interceptor, The Banks apartments
Bike path lines: An idea worth copying
Written April 16th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
Here’s a helpful little detail Albany might want to copy on couple blind curves on the riverside Dave Clark Bike Path: A center line intended to keep cyclists and others from possibly running into each other. I happened to notice such a line on ODOT’s Bikeway along Highway 34. The painted stripe goes down the […]
Pump station on path worries neighbors
Written February 12th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
Some Albany residents have become concerned about plans to build a sewer pump station on the Dave Clark Path near where they live in the Iron Works townhouses on Water Avenue. But the design is more than half done, and the city says changing it would cause delays and a significant increase in the cost.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany council, Dave Clark Path, Iron Works townhouses, Riverfront Interceptor, sewer pump station
Tags: Albany council, Dave Clark Path, Iron Works townhouses, Riverfront Interceptor, sewer pump station
Grateful for a bench when fixing a flat
It’s nice to find a bench nearby when the rear tire of your bike suddenly goes flat and you have to change the tube. So I’m grateful to the family of the late Robert Stanley Hart for having caused this one to be set up along the Dave Clark Path.
Tags: Albany cycling, Dave Clark Path, fixing a flat