On a Friday evening bike ride along parts of Water Avenue, I noticed another little milestone in the long-running Albany Waterfront Project: The intersection of Water and Broadalbin Street has been rebuilt, repaved and now reopened to traffic.
On Friday night the intersection led only into the riverside parking lot east of the city’s Community Center. Water Avenue was still blocked in both directions, toward the west because it’s not quite finished and to the east because, while the concrete curbs have been poured, the repaving hasn’t started.
The city’s contractors are rebuilding the western blocks of Water Avenue as a “plaza street,” so called because it can serve as a site for festivals or markets. They hope to finish in November…