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<br /> <br />Street Improvement Bids Come in Low for Maple-Elmira Project <br />The City opened bids on March 24 for the Maple Street and Elmira Road street improvement project. The City <br />received 12 bids ranging in price from $2.034 million to $2.460 million. The low bid of $2,034,034 was submitted <br />by Knife River. <br /> <br />The low bid was almost 30 percent below the engineer’s estimate of $2.814 million. The large number of <br />construction contractors bidding the project and the competitive bids received are reflective of the current bidding <br />climate and the local and state economy. Knife River’s Western Oregon Division (formerly Morse Bros., Inc.) is <br />located in Tangent, Oregon. Using ODOT’s estimate of 14 jobs created or preserved for each $1 million in <br />construction, the project will directly create or preserve 28 family-wage jobs. <br /> <br />An open house to present updated information about the project to area residents is scheduled on Tuesday, March <br />31, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Fairfield Baptist Church, 3991 Elmira Road. At the open house, local property <br />owners will be provided with calculations of estimated assessments based on the apparent low bid, and actual and <br />projected costs. For more information, contact City Engineer Mark Schoening at 682-5243. <br /> <br />City Hosts Intersection Design Course for Transportation Professionals <br />Designing intersections to safely accommodate bicyclists, pedestrians and motorists requires thoughtful planning <br />and engineering work. On March 19, eight engineers and planners from City of Eugene Public Works, and staff <br />from other regional agencies, participated in a day-long training on <br />intersection design presented by the Institute for Bicycle and Pedestrian <br />Innovation (IBPI) and Kittleson & Associates, Inc. The course provided <br />participants with classroom and hands-on experience utilizing local <br />intersections and street crossings. Participants were exposed to new, <br />innovative tools for accommodating pedestrians and bicyclists at <br />intersections and at street crossings. Many of the tools featured in this <br />design course could feasibly be implemented in Eugene. Holding this <br />important training in Eugene eliminated travel costs for City staff and <br />made for a very relevant conversation on local pedestrian and bicycle <br />issues. For more information, contact Transportation Planner David <br />Roth at 682-5827. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 3 <br />March 30, 2009 <br />