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along West Broadway for a 90-day test run. The new meters alert customers when payment is not necessary by <br />turning themselves off at 6:00 p.m. and back on at 7:00 a.m. The solar- powered meters can also notify Parking <br />Services when they are broken. The pilot does not cost the City any money as the meters are provided for free by <br />the IPS Group during the test run. <br /> <br />Currently there are approximately 15,000 parking spaces in downtown Eugene; 965 of these are metered on-street <br />spaces. Metered spaces downtown are 75 cents an hour, Monday through Saturday. The Overpark (10th Avenue <br />and Oak Street) and Parcade (8th Avenue and Willamette Street) parking structures offer one-hour free parking, <br />Monday through Friday, and all City of Eugene garages are free on Saturday and Sundays, except during signed <br />events. For more information, contact Parking Services Manager Jeff Petry at 682-5079 or email <br />jeff.t.petry@ci.eugene.or.us. <br /> <br />Chad Drive Opens New Connection between Coburg and Game Farm Roads <br />Chad Drive is now open to through-traffic, giving motorists a new connection between Coburg Road and North <br />Game Farm Road in northeast Eugene. The 1,800-foot road extension includes two travel lanes, one for <br />eastbound and the other for westbound traffic, a center turn lane/median area, with bike lanes, sidewalks and <br />street lights on both sides of the street. A new traffic signal was activated Tuesday to control traffic at the <br />intersection of Chad Drive and North Game Farm Road, which was improved in 2008. <br /> <br />Benefits of the Chad Drive connection include reducing out- <br />of-direction travel for people traveling between northeast <br />Eugene and the Gateway area in Springfield and improving <br />access for customers, employees and freight services to <br />the numerous commercial and industrial facilities on Chad <br />Drive. Constructed bioswales provide a natural system to <br />reduce pollutions in the stormwater runoff from the <br />roadway. <br /> <br />Work on the $2.46 million project began in late June. <br />Owners of property adjacent to the new section of Chad <br />Drive will be assessed approximately $570,000 for the <br />improvements, with the assessment ordinance tentatively <br />scheduled to come before the council early next year. The <br />City of Eugene will pay for the balance of approximately <br />$1.9 million using local development fees and federal <br />Surface Transportation Program (Urban) funds. <br /> <br />The general contractor on the project was Babb Construction Co. of Eugene. The City of Eugene designed the <br />improvements and managed the bidding and construction phases under a cooperative “local agency certification” <br />agreement with the Oregon Department of Transportation. For more information, contact Project Manager Jenifer <br />Willer at 682-5364. <br /> <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 3 <br />November 5, 2009 <br />