Albany General Hospital lies in the 1000 block between Sixth and Seventh avenues. Seventh is a fine street with good pavement, so how come there are big craters in Sixth?
Good news on the pavement beat
Written February 12th, 2025 by Hasso Hering
Returning from Browser’s Books via Pine Street toward Hackleman Park, the bike and I for years tried to avoid the worst potholes. Lately that has not been necessary, because a section of new pavement is in place.
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany Public Works, bicycling, gas tax, paving, Pine Street, potholes, street fee, streets
Tags: Albany Public Works, bicycling, gas tax, paving, Pine Street, potholes, street fee, streets
Street work: Not an easy drive — or ride
Written January 3rd, 2025 by Hasso Hering
It must be especially difficult to do street construction and underground utility work during our rainy winters while also keeping traffic moving.
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Pacific Excavation, potholes, street construction, utility trenches, Washington and Calapooia, Winter weather
Tags: Pacific Excavation, potholes, street construction, utility trenches, Washington and Calapooia, Winter weather
Pothole is history but the issue is not
Written December 17th, 2024 by Hasso Hering
There’s important news happening all over this country and the world, but not on this site. Here, allow me to dwell once again on what had become my favorite Albany pothole.
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany council, council votes, potholes, rate resolution, street maintenance fee, water bills
Tags: Albany council, council votes, potholes, rate resolution, street maintenance fee, water bills
More than patches: Bad pavement gets a fix
Written October 21st, 2024 by Hasso Hering
For many years, a section of 12th Avenue in West Albany was notorious for its plentitude of potholes. On Sunday I discovered that the City of Albany did something about it.
A mystery solved: Why pothole is square
Written October 9th, 2024 by Hasso Hering
A few weeks ago I was wondering about a strange little hole in the pavement on Fourth Avenue in Albany right where it meets Waverly Drive. Now the hole’s shape, square with vertical sides a few inches deep, is a mystery no more.
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A pothole, a hubcap and proposed taxes
A hubcap lying in the middle of Walnut Street, not far from a rain-filled pothole, was a reminder that Albany faces decisions about possible ways to raise more money to repair streets.
Tags: damage to cars, fuel tax, gas tax, potholes, street fee, street repairs, wheel damage