
ODOT has invited the public to review a draft of its 2021-24 transportation improvement plan, including numerous projects in the Albany area. On a rainy winter evening, what could be a better use of time than to read and wonder about some of the items on the list?
Tags: I-5 crashes, ODOT transportation plan, Queen Avenue crossing, Santiam Highway, STIP, Waverly signal
Slow going at the Queen Ave. crossing
Waiting at Albany’s Queen Avenue railroad crossing gives you plenty of time to contemplate one of the riddles of our time, such as why it takes ODOT so many years to get going on a simple project that doesn’t seem all that necessary in the first place.
Tags: ODOT, Portland & Western, Queen Avenue crossing, Union Pacific