Friday should have been a red-letter day in Albany. The western four blocks of Water Avenue on the city’s riverfront were open again after being closed since April so the street could be transformed.
The Albany Waterfront Project is complete, the end of CARA is near, and electric ratepayers in the city won’t have to bear the full cost of placing overhead power lines on Water Avenue under ground.
Next week we may find out whether Albany customers of Pacific Power will be billed, and how much, for part of the cost of the city’s Waterfront Project.
Bit by bit, Albany’s new plaza street is taking its final shape as the city’s contractor is getting close to winding up three years of construction on the Albany Waterfront Project.
The construction of Albany’s new plaza street is supposed to be complete in November, and it looks like the contractors may reach that goal.
A couple of things caught my attention Friday on a bike ride along Albany’s new plaza street, the block of Water Avenue near the entrance to Monteith Riverpark.
On new plaza street, a little damage
Albany’s new “plaza street” on the Willamette riverfront has sustained some damage well before it has seen its first intended use for events like the farmers’ market.
Tags: "plaza street", damaged lamp post, Waterfront Project