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.58- 9lo -Z,S Administrative Order of the Traffic Engineer of the City of Eugene, Oregon Prohibiting Through Truck Movements on Lorane Highway The Traffic Engineer of the City of Eugene finds that: A. Section 5.040 of the Eugene Code provides that the City Manager or the manager's designee shall exercise specific traffic duties by administrative action, including: ~ Implementing ordinances, resolutions, and motions of the Council and his or her own orders by installing traffic control devices; ~ Designating truck routes or streets where trucks are prohibited; and ~ Restricting the use of certain streets by any class or kind of vehicle to protect the streets from damage. B. The City has received numerous requests from citizens asking the through truck traffic be prohibited on Lorane Highway. The requests assert that through trucks are a nuisance to residents and create unsafe driving conditions due to the width of the roadway and the number of curves on Lorane Highway. c. Transportation Division files contain numerous other complaints regarding truck and auto traffic on Lorane Highway. D. The portion of Lorane Highway within the City limits is approximately 11;4 miles long. It follows the north slope of the south hills and has a narrow, winding horizontal alignment. The vertical profile is fairly constant, ascending southwesterly at grade of approximately 5%. E. All of Lorane Highway within the City limits is a statutory Speed 25 zone, with Speed 25 signs posted west of Washington Street and east of Chambers Street. F. There are six major curves with safe speeds of20 mph or lower. Oversized vehicles are unable to stay in their travel lane when driving through most of these curves. G. Traffic volumes on this segment of the highway have remained constant since 1991, with daily volumes ranging from 600 east of Chambers Street to 1,400 west of Washington Street.