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“We knew we had a lot of projects going into 2015, and fortunately the weather has cooperated with our paving <br />schedule,” said Jenifer Willer, manager of Eugene’s pavement preservation program. <br /> <br />Other street repairs that have been substantially completed <br />include portions of 25 Avenue, Timberline Drive and City <br />th <br />View Street. Work is continuing on Division Avenue, 39 and <br />th <br />40 avenues and Brae Burn and Donald streets. Projects <br />th <br />with start dates after July 1 include portions of Valley River <br />Way, 19 and 22 avenues, Fillmore and Friendly streets, <br />thnd <br />18 Avenue (Josh Street to Bertelsen Road), East 15 and <br />thth <br />17 avenues, Avalon (west of Echo Hollow), Cascade, <br />th <br />Elizabeth and Juhl streets, and Knoop Avenue. Traffic <br />improvements and a test restriping of Willamette Street <br />from 24 to 32 avenues is planned to begin in early August. <br />thnd <br />In addition, slurry seal treatments are scheduled in early <br />August on 20 residential streets, and six streets – Bertelson <br />Road (18 Avenue to Bailey Hill Road), Four Oaks Grange, <br />th <br />Concord Street, Avalon Street (east of Echo Hollow), Pattison <br />Street and Central Boulevard – will receive maintenance <br />Recent night work on Division Avenue <br />overlays. <br /> <br />In total, the 2015 paving work represents an investment of more than $10 million in the City’s transportation <br />infrastructure, with nearly 35 lane-miles of streets receiving some form of pavement preservation treatment. Primary <br />sources of funding for the repair work include the voter-approved 2012 bond measure to fix streets, the City’s five-cent- <br />per-gallon local gas tax, federal funding (for the work on 18 Avenue), and Eugene’s share of the state gas tax. <br />th <br /> <br />For more information, contact Pavement Preservation Program Manager Jenifer Willer at 541-501-0376. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2 <br />July 2, 2015 <br />