AÂ 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.
Mayor passes Albany street fee ordinance
Written September 25th, 2024 by Hasso Hering
Mayor Alex Johnson II provided the deciding vote Wednesday in favor of an Albany ordinance authorizing the city to collect a monthly fee for street maintenance and repairs.
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Tags: Albany council, potholes, street maintenance fee, street repairs, street tax
Tags: Albany council, potholes, street maintenance fee, street repairs, street tax
Question for a slow day: Why square?
Written September 2nd, 2024 by Hasso Hering
This story is about a pothole. Not just any pothole. Not the kind of pothole which Albany’s older local streets have in abundance. This pothole is special, or it seems that way.
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary
Tags: bicycling, Fourth Avenue, pavement, potholes, streets, Waverly Drive
Tags: bicycling, Fourth Avenue, pavement, potholes, streets, Waverly Drive
More talk about Albany’s poor streets
Written January 22nd, 2024 by Hasso Hering
More than one-third of Albany’s streets are in poor condition, the city staff says. That’s 52 miles of pavement, and there is no money in the city budget to get them fixed.
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Tags: Albany streets, local fuel tax, poor pavement, potholes, street repairs, street utility fee
Tags: Albany streets, local fuel tax, poor pavement, potholes, street repairs, street utility fee
Why some Albany streets don’t get fixed
Written August 1st, 2023 by Hasso Hering
What more can be said about potholes on Albany streets, or more generally about why the city says it can’t repair those streets that seem to be mostly a collection of potholes and asphalt patches. We’re about to find out.
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany streets, arterials, asphalt, patching potholes, pavement, potholes, Queen Avenue, slurry seal
Tags: Albany streets, arterials, asphalt, patching potholes, pavement, potholes, Queen Avenue, slurry seal
From the pothole beat: A splendid repair
Written May 22nd, 2023 by Hasso Hering
Now that’s the way to fix a gaping pothole!
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Tags: asphalt, Bi-Mart, DMV, parking lot, pavement, pothole repair, potholes, Sizzler
Tags: asphalt, Bi-Mart, DMV, parking lot, pavement, pothole repair, potholes, Sizzler
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More than patches: Bad pavement gets a fix
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.
Tags: 12th avenue, asphalt, pavement, potholes, street fee