Jun. 3—ALBANY — A goal more than 20 years in the making will become reality in the near future with the construction of sidewalks on a 3.6-mile stretch of East Broad Avenue, but the wait will be a while longer for a project expected to cost more than $3 million.
The Albany City Commission voted to approve spending for the project in late May, but it’s going to take some time to get the wheels in motion and the project has hurdles that include acquisition of property, moving utilities and acquiring rights-of-way from railroads.
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