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A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

East Albany Town Center proposal unveiled

Written June 6th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Albany city officials have unveiled drawings of a concept for a development that may create about a thousand more dwelling units east of Interstate 5.


Prospects look dim for this intercity bikeway

Written April 22nd, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Remember the Albany-Corvallis bikeway that then Commissioner Linda Modrell of Benton County proposed in about 2004? Benton County and the state are still working on it, but its eventual completion looks very much in doubt.


No more goldfish on this Albany road

Written April 11th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

On a bike ride Friday, I took another look at Goldfish Farm Road, where a contractor for Linn County this week started replacing the bridge over Cox Creek.


Where all those cars are coming from

Written October 6th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Friday afternoon’s North Albany traffic tie-up was worse than most. The underlying cause was the same as always: Too many cars.


Stopped on 20 and steaming in the rain

Written September 17th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

With the summer over, afternoon traffic congestion on Highway 20 ahead of Albany’s Ellsworth Street Bridge has made its seasonal comeback. There are ways to make it less annoying, but none of them has yet been taken.


‘Community solar’ catching rays off Hwy. 20

Written June 21st, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Drivers on Highway 20 east of Albany have noticed the pilings for photovoltaic solar panels going in near the corner of Cox Creek Lane.


What happened to ‘nine to five’?

Written April 9th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Most weekday afternoons, traffic bunches up on the way into Albany via the Ellsworth Street Bridge on Highway 20. But sometimes I’m puzzled by the time of day when congestion starts. The photo with this story was taken on the afternoon of April 4. This was a Thursday, and it was 4 minutes past 4 […]


 
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