The reconstruction of Water Avenue in Albany is moving along, and the shape of a new traffic pattern has become obvious at the street’s western end.
After coming back to town from a week away, I took the bike down my usual route along the riverfront on May 6. The contractor on the city’s Waterfront Project had poured some of the new curbs near the entrance to Monteith Park.
The new curbs form what will obviously be a single traffic lane, turning that portion of Water Avenue into a one-way street. I asked City Engineer Staci Belcastro about that…