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Last week, on the north side of town, Knife River started underground utility work on Harlow Road between Coburg <br />Road and I-5, and reconstruction of failed sections of paving is scheduled to begin the week of July 12. The plan is <br />to keep one lane of traffic in each direction open at all times, but motorists are encouraged to use alternate routes <br />to avoid inevitable construction delays as well as the work being done on Harlow/Hayden Bridge and Gateway <br />Street on the Springfield side. <br />Meanwhile, Doyon Project Services, working under contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, closed <br />Goodpasture Island Road to through traffic on Tuesday to construct a major connecting culvert in the Delta Ponds. <br />That closure, just north of Kendall Budget Sales, is expected to be in place for about a month. Also in that area, a <br />City project to repave Valley River Drive from Willagillespie Road to Goodpasture Island Road will begin the week <br />of July 12, with the paving done at night. The second phase of that project, paving Goodpasture Island Road <br />between Delta Highway and Kingsley Road, is scheduled to start in early August. <br />The best way to keep up on all the road work and construction-related traffic advisories is by visiting the web, at <br />. For information on specific projects, contact Eric Jones at 541-682-5523, or <br />www.eugene-or.gov/traffic <br />eric.r.jones@ci.eugene.or.us to be put in touch with the appropriate project manager. <br />Global Water Advocate Alexandra Cousteau at Eugene Public Library <br />In the spirit of this year’s Summer Reading theme, “Make Waves!,” global water advocate and educator Alexandra <br />Cousteau will speak at the Downtown Eugene Public Library on Thursday, July 22, at 6 p.m. Admission is free. <br />Informative and inspiring, Alexandra Cousteau calls attention to ways everyone can help preserve a healthy planet <br />through water conservation and sustainable management. She will visit Eugene as part of the five-month <br />Expedition: Blue Planet 2010 tour sponsored by National Geographic. <br />Expedition: Blue Planet 2010 will travel 14,500 miles across North America in <br />a biodiesel bus, visiting communities to raise awareness and encourage <br />action. Cousteau and her team will explore some of the great water treasures <br />in each region, investigate local water issues, and film stories of people from <br />all walks of life who are working to solve one of the great challenges of this <br />generation – the global water crisis. The team will report live to a worldwide <br />online audience at NationalGeographic.com. <br />Cousteau has been honored as a National Geographic Emerging Explorer <br />and a United Nations Earth Trustee. She appears frequently in the media, <br />from reporting for The Discovery Channel and CNN International to being <br />named a “Fun Fearless Phenom” by Cosmopolitan magazine. Her first book, <br />“This Blue Planet,” will be published in 2011. <br />Educated in international relations at Georgetown University, Cousteau is the founder of the non-profit foundation <br />Blue Legacy. The granddaughter of Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau and daughter of Phillipe Cousteau, she has <br />grown up to energetically carry on the family legacy. "My father and grandfather were both great inspirations," she <br />says. "The best example they gave me was the importance of living a life of consequence, value, and meaning. I <br />honor their memories by speaking out for the preservation of our blue planet." <br />For more information, contact the Eugene Public Library at www.eugene-or.gov/library or 541-682-5450. <br />Swim Meet Brings Hundreds of Visitors to Eugene <br />The City of Eugene Aquatics Program and Mid-Oregon Swim Teams (MOST) will co-host the 2010 MOST <br />Invitational Swim Meet at Amazon Pool, July 9 - 11. More than 500 competitors, ages 8 -17, from around Oregon <br />are expected to compete in this regional meet which is sanctioned by USA Swimming, the national governing body <br />for the sport of swimming in the United States. Youth participate to qualify for the state meet based on time <br />standards. <br />The three-day meet is expected to have a significant financial impact in Eugene. Travel Lane County estimates the <br />competitors and their parents will spend more than $154,000 on hotel rooms, meals, transportation and other <br />purchases while they are in Eugene. <br />During the meet, Amazon Pool will be closed to all public swimming, including lap and recreational swims. The <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2 <br />July 8, 2010 <br />