It must be especially difficult to do street construction and underground utility work during our rainy winters while also keeping traffic moving.
In case you missed the memo, get ready for construction to start on Monday (Sept. 9) on a downtown section of Washington Street in Albany.
Every few years I take a new photo outside Albany’s sewage treatment plant to illustrate yet another step in the city’s long-running struggle to overcome the fact that part of it doesn’t work.
New paving may not sound like an earthshaking development, but during these Days of Corona, if something has nothing to do with the virus it should be worth at least a brief look.
Good news for users of Albany’s riverside Dave Clark Path: Closed for construction since last summer, the central segment of the walking and biking trail is likely to reopen in a couple of months.
Residents and commuters along the Albany riverfront will have to put up with construction and detours for a while longer than originally planned.
Nice corner job: Remembering a builder
A bit of Albany history has been preserved in the city’s paving project along Washington Street. It’s the name of the contractor, the son of Oregon pioneers, who built part of the street more than a century ago.
Tags: Albany history, Pacific Excavation, pavement, Umphrey, Washington Street