HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Fresh crosswalk lines, but why now?

Written August 8th, 2018 by Hasso Hering

A reader, Larry Falk, was wondering last week why ODOT was painting crosswalks on Lyon and Ellsworth even though both legs of the downtown Albany couplet of Highway 20 will be repaved next month. Evidently it was a mistake.


Highway 20 work downtown? Alas, no

Written November 11th, 2016 by Hasso Hering

If you saw crews like this and thought they were beginning to work on ODOT projects to upgrade Highway 20 through downtown Albany, sorry to disappoint you.


 
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