Albany’s project to replace two old culverts on Belmont Avenue S.W. looks like it’s almost finished. The road-closure signs were in some disarray on Sunday, perhaps shoved around by high winds. (And it wasn’t completely clear why the street was still closed to traffic as the pavement on the new crossing looked complete.)
New Albany rule: Don’t harm killer whales
It sounds like a joke but it isn’t: From now on anyone wanting to build anything in the designated 100-year-flood zone in Albany will have to prove that the work won’t harm endangered species including salmon, sturgeon, smelt and killer whales.
Tags: endangered species, ESA, FEMA, killer whales, listed species, salmon, threatened species