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Around Albany on the Fifth of June

Written June 5th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 11 responses.

For about an hour between 5 and 6 on Wednesday night, the bike took me on my usual route along the Albany riverfront to the east end of town, and then back a different way. In bright sunshine, these were among the things I saw:

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany plaza, Cox Creek path, parks, vagrant camps, Waterfront Project, Waverly duck, weed cutting

Cities face new mandate on river trash

Written April 21st, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 22 responses.

As if cities like Albany don’t have enough to do, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is proposing to list sections of the Willamette River as “impaired” by trash. This will trigger new regulations under the federal Clean Water Act, and cities likely will bear the brunt of a new mandate.

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Tags: DEQ, environmental Quality, homeless camps, river trash, vagrant camps, volunteer cleanups, Wilalmette Riverkeeper, Willamette River

The mess on Cox Creek got worse

Written June 28th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 14 responses.

The bike and I took the Cox Creek Path in Albany on Tuesday to see if the Union Pacific had made any progress replacing its trestle across the creek and the path. The video below, with bonus footage of a passing train, shows what I found.

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Tags: Albany parks, Cox Creek, Cox Creek trestle, homeless, Union Pacific, vagrant camps

On Cox Creek Path, the scenery has changed

Written April 6th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 12 responses.

The Cox Creek Path in Albany is about one-third of a mile long and runs from Simpson Park to Salem Avenue. It used to be a scenic segment of Albany’s system of walking and cycling paths. This spring the nature of the scenery has dramatically changed.

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Tags: Albany parks, bike paths, Cox Creek path, homeless camps, multiuse paths, vagrant camps, walking paths