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- Bud Shirley, Regional Engineer for the Oregon Department of Transportation, stated that if this project were approved without the widening, no Federal or State aid would be available. To get the Federal and State monies, as currently approved, the widening is a necessary part of this project. Jim Hanks, Traffic Engineering, stated that in regard to the Alder Street signal, that signal was placed for facilitating pedestrian and bicycle movements across 30th Avenue. If a through-traffic problem arises, the diverter program could be used. Alder Street should be maintained as a residential street without through traffic. Mr. Hanks stated that in regard to the turn lane on Alder Street, that is presently in existence and status quo would be maintained. In regard to a possible bottleneck forming from two lanes going to one lane and back to two lanes, Mr. Hanks stated that bottlenecks occur at intersections and should not occur in that situation. Mr. Delay asked Ms. Bevington if the Lane Transit District had been actively working with staff since the last time this matter was before the council in 1977 in regard to how transit would best be accommodated. Ms. Bevington responded that the working relationship goes back a long way. David Rinerson was an active participant working with Dave Reinhard in 1977 and their comments have been incorporated into the design. e Mr. Delay asked if this was the only exploration and dialogue that had taken place (referring to the 1977 exchange). Ms. Bevington responded that LTD has looked at numerous alternatives. It is her feeling that LTD's concerns have been included. Mr. Delay asked in terms of the specific improvement proposed if there were specific implementations that LTD has in mind or if the feeling is just that it will generally be better for traffic. Ms. Bevington res- ponded that LTD now has two routes that go to Lane Community College. These routes are LCC via Harris Street and lCC Express which goes via Amazon Parkway. All LCC service will eventually go via Amazon Parkway because it is a more direct route. This improvement will allow for transfers between the Harris Street route which would then be routed further south into South Eugene. They are also looking for direct ser- vice to the University of Oregon from South Eugene by perhaps modifying Fox Hollow or Willamette Street routes. Then Hilyard could be used as a north-south route. Mr. Delay asked how she sees the bus layover lane being used. Ms. Bevington responded that they are not looking at any expansion now but they are looking at future use. There are routing schemes that have been looked at for both the north and south loading bays and these are shown on the map. e 4/14/80--3