If you’re keeping track of the bridge replacement on Cox Creek, and even if you’re not, here’s an update.
Restoring Simpson Park and the surrounding area after many years of occupation by improvised camps is a huge job that will likely take a month or more.
Monday’s operation to expel unauthorized campers from Albany’s Simpson Park has been widely covered on social media and the local paper. But the press release from Sheriff Michelle Duncan contained noteworthy details.
Simpson Park, on the Willamette River downstream from Albany, has become a haven for homeless camps, but local authorities are trying again to clear the campers out.
This is the year the Waverly Drive bridge on Cox Creek will finally be replaced with a new one.
This gloomy November may not be the best time to visit Albany’s Simpson Park Trail. But I went there on the bike a weekend ago on what was still a nice fall day.
Steady progress on new Cox Creek bridge
There’s nothing much to see on the Cox Creek bridge replacement project on Waverly Drive, just the signs of slow and steady progress as work continues into the fall.
Tags: Cox Creek bridge, Legacy Contracting, Simpson Park, Waverly Drive