ODOT – Hasso Hering

Prospects look dim for this intercity bikeway

Written April 22nd, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 17 responses.

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.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany-Corvallis Highway, Benton County, bicycling, Highway 20, Merloy to Rinwater, North Albany, ODOT, shared use path

Bridge project to close Goldfish Farm Road

Written April 5th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 7 responses.

Goldfish Farm Road, between Knox Butte Road and Santiam Highway on the east side of Albany, will be closed to through traffic starting Monday so the bridge across Cox Creek can be replaced.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: bridge replacement, Cascade Civil Corp., deficient bridge, detour, Goldfish Farm Road, Linn County Road Department, ODOT, Price Road, Scravel Hill Road

Compliant curb ramps: Useful but not cheap

Written March 26th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 4 responses.

Did you know there was a name for those yellow panels of little bumps on curb ramps that hurt your feet when you wear shoes with thin soles? I didn’t. Not until I came across the term and looked up what it meant.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: ADA compliance, curb ramps, Department of Transportation, ODOT, settlement agreement, truncated domes

No cameras for top crash intersections

Written November 21st, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 8 responses.

Safety has been given as the reason for Albany’s red-light cameras and photo radar campaign. So you might think the cameras would be deployed at the intersections with the most crashes. But that’s not the case.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany police, crash intersections, crashes, ODOT, red light running, speed cameras, speed radar

Albany to start enforcing camping ban

Written September 9th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 18 responses.

The City of Albany says it is about to start enforcing its revised ban on unauthorized camping on public property. The new regulations took effect one month after the city council adopted them on Aug. 7.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany City Council, camping ban, homeless camps, ODOT

Work on Ellsworth Bridge: Here’s an update

Written July 22nd, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 10 responses.

On weekends and during the daytime on weekdays, it’s hard to see how much work remains to be done in the project to raise the height clearance of Albany’s Ellsworth Street Bridge.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Ellsworth Street bridge, height clearance, ODOT, Wildish