There’s a bit of a housing boom happening on long-vacant land in the 600 block of Albany’s East First Avenue, a major traffic route.
Unforeseen complications have raised the cost of demolishing the former Wells Fargo Bank branch in downtown Albany.
A three-story building holding six apartments is in store for a vacant property on East First Avenue in Albany if the owner carries through with plans submitted to the city planning division.
More or less on a regular basis, tall vehicles have hit the trestle on First Avenue in Albany since at least the 1960s. Despite efforts to prevent them, the crashes continue.
On bike rides through Albany’s east end, I often pass the “Keyhole House” at the corner of First Avenue and Denver Street. This summer I could not help but notice that a house was being built next door.
Now that we’re talking about Albany’s infamous truck-eating trestle on First Avenue, why not solve the problem by lowering the street or raising the structure holding the track? Because while it sounds like the most straightforward solution, it’s impractical. If it were feasible, it would have been done long ago.
Ideas to fix traffic tieups on Hwy. 20
A study of Highway 20 in downtown Albany has come up with ideas on how congestion during the peak traffic period between 4 and 6 p.m. might be fixed, or if not fixed then at least made less severe.
Tags: Ellsworth, First Avenue, Highway 20 study, Lyon, SEcond Avenue, traffic congestion