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ATTACHMENT A June 27, 2005 Lane Transit District P.O. Box 7070 Mayor Kitty PJercy and Eugene City Councilors' Eugene, OR 97401-0470 Eugene City Hall (541) 682-6100 (voice) .125 East 8th Street Eugene, Oregon 9740'1 (541) 682-6111 (fax) Dear Mayor Piercy and City Councilors: (800) 735-2900 (T[Y) Thank you for this opportunity to provide you an update on the EmX (bus Itd@ltd.org (e-mail) rapid transit) project and information about the Progressive Corridor Enhancement (PCE) project. We appreciate your continuing support for www. ltd.0rg (Internet) transit in our community and for your partnership on the EmX project. Franklin EmX Construction of the Franklin EmX corridor is proceeding smoothly. The downtown Springfield section was completed in the summer/fall of 2004. Work this spring and summer focuses on the downtown Eugene segment. The transit lane on 10th Avenue is nearly complete, and work has begun on East 11t~ Avenue. There may be some work on Franklin Boulevard in late summer or early fall; however, most of the work on Franklin Boulevard, as well as the construction of the stations, will occur in 2006. The construction work is on schedule for a Fall 2006 service start. There has been extensive communication to businesses and residents affected by the construction. LTD staff have met with all the businesses on the corridor pdor to the start of construction to inform them of planned closures and traffic impacts. In addition, a construction update is sent several times a week via e-mail to a list of interested persons. A "cup and chat" is held every Thursday morning at a location close to the construction. This provides an opportunity for anyone interested in the work to meet with and ask questions of the contractor, LTD staff, and City staff. The procurement of an appropriate vehicle for the Franklin EmX service has been a "environmentally friendly." LTD is very pleased that a vehicle to be developed by New Flyer Industries meets these requirements. The EmX vehicles are scheduled to arrive in August 2006. However, since this is a new vehicle that is being developed for this application, the delivery date can change and this possibility poses the greatest threat to meeting the fall 2006 start date for service. While LTD is monitoring the progress of the vehicle development very carefully, the delivery schedule is not entirely within our control.