Santiam Highway

A new intersection feature: Thermal detectors

Written January 25th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 11 responses.

Following up on the new signal installations on two Albany highways, here’s a revelation: Yes, ODOT did put in new cameras, but they look not for vehicles but for people on foot.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany highways, ODOT, Pacific Boulevard, Santiam Highway, Teledyne FLIR, thermal detectors, traffic signals

Looking up at signals, and here’s why

Written December 1st, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 6 responses.

There was a reason I parked at Waverly Park and started walking around, craning my neck and pointing my phone at the new signal installations on Pacific Boulevard, at Albany Avenue on one side and Airport Road on the other.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Airport Road, ODOT, Pacific Boulevard, red light cameras, Santiam Highway, traffic, traffic cameras, Waverly Drive

New owner plans to divide business site

Written August 18th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 14 responses.

Except for a coffee kiosk, the southwest corner of Santiam Highway and Clay Street in Albany looks pretty empty most of the time. That might change under new ownership of the land.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany commerce, Albany land, Bi-Mart Albany, Clay Street, Santiam Highway, Sizzler, subdivision

Two Albany ODOT projects: Why the delay

Written August 6th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 9 responses.

Work on two highway safety projects in Albany seems to have stalled. The reason will sound familiar.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Airport Road, Albany safety projects, ODOT safety projects, Pacific Boulevard, Santiam Highway, WaverlyDrive

A big sign would help, like ‘Tire store’

Written June 20th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

Companies building a store in Albany, especially a big one that everybody driving by can see, are missing a bet when they don’t put up a sign explaining who they are and what they’re building.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: 2850 S.E. Santiam, Discount Tire, Les Schwadb, Santiam Highway, tire stores

A safety project on Santiam: Limiting left turns

Written April 22nd, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 9 responses.

Some left turns will become impossible on Santiam Highway between Waverly Drive and Clay Street in Albany once ODOT gets through with a safety project there.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: cash rates, Clay Street, Highway 20, ODOT, raised median, Santiam Highway, traffic separators, U.S. 20, Waverly Drive

When the Bottle Drop looks full, push

Written April 10th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 12 responses.

Every once in a while, this is what you find when attempting to deposit bags of empties at the Albany Bottle Drop, the community’s lone redemption center on Santiam Highway: The Bottle Drop looks full.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: beverage cooperative, Bottle Drop redemption center, container deposit, deposit law, Oregon bottle bill, Santiam Highway