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c south side of ~ the river, this corridor intersects the park ~~ .stem, ., be innin at the Owens Mem Y 9 g oriel Rose Garden . At this point, the nature trees in Washington-Jefferson Park which lies below this section :of the ,: corridor) are visible from the overpass and surround the driver ~~ the .corridor comes down to street level. Finafl , the ~ corridor in . Y ~rsects wrth the fith/lth Corridor, itself undergoing a major reconstruct~a:n and landscaping, scheduled for completion in 19$x. - This last link in Preferred Route A offers an example of a ray a of significant landsca a treatm ~ g p ents, both planned Delta Pond improvements .and completed (the existing park system, which create an impressive and varied entrance into the city.... Beyond those ~,ublic projects associated with the . Delta Ponds and the fith/7th ~we:nue reconstruction, further improvements in this section of Preferred f~~oute A will come with landscape and buffer requirements associatedwith adjacent private development. M. Under Dther Entrance Beautification Projects Coming from the ~Ai r n~^t and Points North on a e 9 r •P • p g eve se the project descry pt~ons for H~ ~h~ay 99 and various points along the Highway 99 corridor south of Beltl~ne :Road on pages 9 - ~Z, clarifying the importance of sidewalks, incorp®rating material from pages 11 and 12 on the future reconstruction, iden~~~yin 9 the drawing on page 9 as Figure 1 and the drawing on page 1D as F~ ~~re ~ r and del eta ng the .existing description under the Future Hi ~hwa~ g9 Reconstruction Pro~ect:~ fi. Highway 99 and Intersections Between Beltline Road and Garfi~el d Street Highway 99 has been identified as the entrance corridor in ~ Eugene most rn need of improvement. The City will work with the State Department of Transportation between 198fi and 1988 to develop fundin for a reconstruction of H i h • ~ g way 99 between Beltl~ne Road and Garfield Street as part of the States 1989 to 1994 Six Year Highway lrnprovement .Program. Its current role as a major entrance to~the city from the north is seriously hampered by the lack of curbs and sidewalks, continuous . and , poorly-defined driveway .accesses to adjacent ~ businesses, prol~ferat~on of overhead..utlity wires, and total lack of si nificant landsca a amenities. ~ . ~ ~ g . p . . ,Design direction for the coming reconstruction of Highway 99 has been suggested by earlier plans, developed in 1974's, but never carried out, This design direction would involve shiftin the future im roved road to the g ~ p way . east within the existing right-of way, in order to provide sufficient landscape area and sidewalks on both sides of the roadwa as Y~ well as space for landscaped median islands. I n addition to deli n work i ncorporati n some e o g g typ f landscaped ~ median, existing above-ground utility lines should be buried as part of the Highway 99 improvement p ro~ect. 5