Pacific viaduct

Area cleaned up by — guess who?

Written January 31st, 2019 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 4 responses.

The Swanson Path and surrounding grounds, which only a week ago had been a mess of discarded blankets and other trash, has been cleaned up, and you’ll be astonished to learn by whom.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany Police community resource unit, cleanup of vagrant camp, Pacific viaduct

Costly pathway turns into trashy walk

Written January 22nd, 2019 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 12 responses.

Sometimes you get the feeling it makes no sense to spend big money on public improvements as long as vandals and vagrants remain free — and motivated, if that’s the right word — to ruin them with spray paint and trash.

Posted in: Commentary
Tags: Albany Station, Pacific viaduct, Station-Swanson path, vagrancy, vandalism

The cleanup never ends

Written January 23rd, 2018 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

The wasteland under the Pacific Boulevard viaduct is not exactly Albany’s garden spot. Vagrants have turned it into a dump where repeated cleanups have to be done.

Posted in: Commentary
Tags: homelessness, ODOT, Pacific viaduct, parks maintenance, vagrancy

Station-Swanson link: the last piece

Written May 11th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

For a few weeks now, a contractor for ODOT has been building a new walking or “multi-use” link between Albany Station and Swanson Park underneath the Pacific Boulevard overpass. As the last piece of the depot renovation it’s a welcome development, even though it also makes you wonder about transportation priorities.

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Tags: Albany Station, HP Civil, ODOT, Pacific viaduct, Swanson Park

HASSO HERING

Area cleaned up by — guess who?

Costly pathway turns into trashy walk

The cleanup never ends

Station-Swanson link: the last piece