With the summer sun low in the west, I took a bike ride Thursday night to take another look at the fast-disappearing farmland on Albany’s south side.
The march for more housing continues in Albany as the planning commission has just approved a proposal for 113 lots on former farmland at the south end of town. It also recommended a zone change to allow apartments on a residential lot on Waverly Drive.
Many new houses on the south end of town will be the eventual result after the city of Albany annexes about 35 acres east of Lochner Road.
If you like new pavement and modern street improvements such as “stormwater quality planters,” go and check out Lochner Road on the south side of Albany.
Coronavirus or no virus, the bread-and-butter work of city administration continues. The Albany City Council last week approved a contract to rebuild Lochner Road to help the SnoTemp company to expand its cold-storage operation and eventually add jobs.
The numbers and the timing are still unclear, but the Albany City Council is eager to to help pay for a share of the cost of repaving the northernmost segment of Lochner Road in order to help an adjoining cold-storage company expand.
Lochner Road stays closed at its south end
Now is a great time to ride your bike down Lochner Road in south Albany, as I discovered Saturday. The reason is no cars.
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