The Corvallis-Albany Bikeway Project

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For a decade, Benton County has sought a way to connect Albany and Corvallis for pedestrians and bicyclists. In early 2015, the County went back to the drawing board after consideration of a path on exclusive farm use land along Highway 20 was abandoned and State grant funds were returned.

At the first Benton County Board of Commissioners meeting of 2017, the commissioners authorized staff to proceed with Phase 2 of a public process that will analyze all possible path locations between North Corvallis and North Albany generally within the Highway 20 corridor.

 

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Corvallis-Albany Bikeway Project Phases

The Corvallis-Albany Bikeway project has been divided into a 3 phased approach. The 1st phase identified the need and potential for use. The 2nd phase will assess the possible routes to narrow the options to 1. And the 3rd phase will focus on preliminary engineering of the bikeway along the selected route.

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Corvallis-Albany Bikeway Route Options

Several options were identified as potential routes for the final bikeway path.

The stakeholder group recommended the Highway 20 Route move forward to Phase 3.

The stakeholder group recommended the rural route be placed in the TSP.

The County Board directed staff to move to Phase 3 on June 6, 2017.

To see what the public response was, go to the following link  https://www.co.benton.or.us/bikeway/page/corvallis-albany-bikeway-project-meetings