New radar speed signs have been checking drivers on North Albany’s Spring Hill Drive for about a month, and indications are they are working as intended to slow traffic down.
Slow on Spring Hill: Here’s why
Written October 3rd, 2016 by Hasso Hering
How come, a reader wanted to know, “the school zone signs on Spring Hill for Fairmount went up again last week after being gone for two to three years.” The question about the change in North Albany came in over the weekend, and now the answer is at hand.
More signs to slow Spring Hill
Written May 25th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
More signs. That’s what Benton County will install to try to get traffic to slow down on Spring Hill Drive in the Albany city limits. Other steps to slow traffic might be more effective but would cost too much to install or maintain, the county concluded.
For trucks and others, a risky spot
Written May 6th, 2016 by Hasso Hering
You’re looking (as though you can’t tell) at the curve of Highway 20 leading up to Albany’s Ellsworth Street Bridge, where Spring Hill Drive comes in from the left. The intersection has been of concern because while its steep bank is helpful to drivers on the highway, it’s a tipping hazard for trucks making a left from Spring Hill. […]
Bad news on the street beat
Written October 9th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
The latest from the local transportation beat, where I seem to be stuck lately: North Albany drivers like the dual left-turn lanes from Spring Hill Drive on to Highway 20, but ODOT does not, and so the lanes will probably have to go. That’s the gist of a memo that has gone to the Albany City Council ahead […]
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Tags: Albany City Council, dual left turn lanes, Highway 20, ODOT, Spring Hill Drive
Tags: Albany City Council, dual left turn lanes, Highway 20, ODOT, Spring Hill Drive
Recommendation: Scrap Spring Hill oval
Written October 7th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
The Benton County Public Works staff has reviewed the small oval “roundabout” at Spring Hill Drive and Quarry Road and is now recommending that it be removed and not replaced with a bigger one that is actually round. North Albany resident Chuck Kratch had been asking for just that.
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Tags: Albany City Council, Benton County Public Works, Chuck Kratch, Josh Wheeler, Quarry Road, roundabout, Spring Hill Drive, Spring Hill oval
Tags: Albany City Council, Benton County Public Works, Chuck Kratch, Josh Wheeler, Quarry Road, roundabout, Spring Hill Drive, Spring Hill oval
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Traffic-easing solutions worth trying
See that long line of traffic on the other side of the signal, heading into Albany on Highway 20? The traffic jam extended a long way to the west, and it’s a common thing now on most afternoons. There is no easy solution — other than less traffic — but ODOT might help by making […]
Tags: Albany congestion, dowtown signals, Highway 20 traffic, Lyon Street bridge, Spring Hill Drive