What has happened lately at Franklin Avenue and Airport Road in Albany? Nothing, that’s what. The 6-acre site where 11 houses and more than 40 apartments have been approved is covered by dead grass and the remaining oaks.
If they haven’t been already, most of the Oregon white oaks on this acreage off Airport Road in Albany’s Santiam Neighborhood will be felled to make room for a planned-unit development of 44 apartments and 11 single-family homes.
The Albany City Council this week gave a cool reception to a proposal to try to preserve big old Oregon white oaks by charging a fee if property owners insist on cutting them down.
Housing here? Maybe later, but not yet
What has happened lately at Franklin Avenue and Airport Road in Albany? Nothing, that’s what. The 6-acre site where 11 houses and more than 40 apartments have been approved is covered by dead grass and the remaining oaks.
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