Albany residents and property owners might want to get ready for the idea of paying a monthly fee for better maintenance of local streets.
Fixing Albany streets: more work on Queen
Written June 27th, 2024 by Hasso Hering
As Albany drivers have noticed, part of Queen Avenue is partially closed for construction. This is the first phase of a two-phase project that has to be finished by Nov. 1.
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: paving, Queen A, street fee, street repair, venue, Washington Street
Tags: paving, Queen A, street fee, street repair, venue, Washington Street
Mayor: No more than $10 as a city fee
Written December 6th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
There’s been a lot of public discussion about possible monthly Albany utility fees to shore up future city budgets, and Mayor Sharon Konopa says she’d like to make her position clear.
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Tags: Albany city budget, local option public safety tax, public service fee, street fee
Tags: Albany city budget, local option public safety tax, public service fee, street fee
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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