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<br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER <br /> <br />June 7, 2007 <br /> <br /> City of Eugene <br />777 Pearl Street, Room 105 <br /> <br /> Eugene, Oregon 97401-2793 <br /> (541) 682-5010 <br /> (541) 682-5414 (FAX) <br /> www.eugene-or.gov <br /> <br />IN THIS WEEK’S EDITION <br />ANOTHER BUSY SUMMER OF ROAD WORK BEGINS IN EUGENE <br />SUSTAINABILITY MANAGER HIRED <br />TH <br />WE ARE BETHEL CELEBRATES 6 YEAR OF HELPING TO BUILD COMMUNITY <br />ECHO HOLLOW POOL CLOSED FOR MAINTENANCE <br />RIVERPLAY FEATURED IN SUNSET MAGAZINE <br />GET A CLUE! SUMMER READING FOR ADULTS AT EUGENE PUBLIC LIBRARY <br /> <br />AROUND THE CITY <br />Another Busy Summer of Road Work Begins in Eugene <br />The summer road work season got underway this week in Eugene, with <br />more than $5 million in paving repairs scheduled to be done on city <br />streets this season. A total of 20.5 lane miles on 10 city streets are <br />scheduled to get new overlays this summer as part of Eugene’s annual <br />pavement preservation program. Additionally, more than 17 lane miles <br />of residential streets in two areas in southeast Eugene will get slurry <br />seal treatments. <br /> <br />The goal of Eugene’s pavement preservation program is to bring <br />Eugene’s streets back into relatively good condition and prevent streets from falling into such a state of <br />disrepair that they must be dug up and completely reconstructed. Currently, Eugene has a backlog of <br />approximately $170 million in needed pavement repairs, including more than $125 million in streets that <br />need to be reconstructed. The principle sources of funding for the 2007 pavement preservation program <br />are local gas tax revenues, a portion of the fees paid by new development in Eugene, and a one-time <br />infusion of $1.5 million from the City’s general fund. <br /> <br />More detailed information on the scheduled 2007 pavement preservation projects in Eugene is as follows: <br />? <br />Oakpatch Road <br /> between 11th and 18th avenues – Work began June 4; Eugene Sand & Gravel is <br />the general contractor; standard mill/fill with some subsurface stabilization; includes addition of a <br />pedestrian island at Fern Ridge Path. <br />? <br />Chambers Street <br /> (24th Avenue to Lorane Highway) – Work scheduled to begin week of June 11; <br />Eugene Sand & Gravel is the general contractor; standard mill/fill with extensive subsurface stabilization; <br />will extend bike lane striping from 24th to McLean. <br />? <br />Monroe Street <br /> (8th to 13th avenues) – Work began June 4; Eugene Sand & Gravel is the general <br />contractor; standard mill/fill; project includes constructing two traffic calming speed tables. <br />? <br />West 18th Avenue <br /> (Bailey Hill Road to City View Street) – Bids are scheduled to be opened June <br />12, with construction anticipated to begin in early July; street will be repaved with a few sections of <br />pavement being removed entirely and replaced; intersection at 18th and Bailey Hill will be completely <br />reconstructed with concrete pavement, which will require traffic detours. <br />? <br />Bailey Hill Road <br /> (11th to 18th avenues) – Bids are scheduled to be opened June 12, with <br />th <br />construction anticipated to begin in early July in conjunction with West 18 Avenue work. <br />? <br />East 18th Avenue <br /> (Agate to Hilyard streets) – Bids are scheduled to be opened June 7, with <br />construction anticipated to begin in early July; work includes mill/fill with pedestrian and bicycle <br />improvements between Agate and Alder, parking bays at select locations along the south curb line, <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 1 <br />June 7, 2007 <br />