If you’ve tried to drive near Albany General Hospital lately, you already know about this: The traffic pattern is messed up because Elm Street is being repaved.
Knife River, of Tangent, has a $1.2 million city contract to upgrade Elm from Fifth Avenue to 16th Avenue, a distance of 3,200 feet.
The company already replaced most of the corner curb ramps. Now it has begun grinding down the old pavement and replacing it with a 2-inch layer of new asphalt. The job is supposed to be complete by July 31…