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milling machine will grind up and remove the old existing pavement, which will be returned to the contractor’s plant <br />and reused in new pavement material for future projects. Reusing the ground-up pavement is a significant <br />advantage to the contractor because it reduces the amount of virgin crushed rock that would need to be mined to <br />use in the new pavement material. Also, because the ground-up material is coated with asphalt cement, reuse of <br />the grindings reduces the amount of new asphalt cement the contractor needs to add to make the new paving <br />material. Besides saving the contractor time and money, the reduction of mining and use of asphalt cement also <br />reduces environmental impacts and saves the City money in reduced prices. <br /> <br />Next, a reclamation process that blends the existing aggregate base and soil with cement will be used to create an <br />in-place cement-treated base for the reconstructed roadway. This reclamation process also has significant <br />environmental benefits because it allows reuse of existing road materials. Because the existing road base material <br />is mixed in place with cement, it saves a significant amount of natural resource by not mining the virgin rock, and <br />reduces traffic and environmental impacts that would normally occur from trucking. Reclamation will save over <br />5,000 cubic yards of existing material from being excavated and hauled away, and 9,500 tons of base rock from <br />being hauled to the site. This saves well over 500 truck trips, an estimated cost savings of more than $120,000, <br />and two weeks of construction time. It also eliminates land-filling the old materials that would have been dug out <br />and disposed of with a traditional reconstruction project. <br /> <br />th <br />The five-lane section of West 18 from Pierce through the Chambers intersection will have just the existing <br />pavement surface milled off and replaced with new asphalt pavement. This is a common process for rehabilitation <br />of worn pavement that is structurally sound. The old ground-up pavement will be returned to the asphalt plant <br />th <br />where it will be reused in future paving projects. The section of West 18 from the east side of Chambers, east <br />about 200 feet to the Westmoreland bike bridge, will be reconstructed with concrete pavement to match the <br />existing street east of the project. <br /> <br />Warm mix asphalt concrete (WMAC) will be used for all the asphalt concrete paving on the project. WMAC uses a <br />water-foaming process to mix the asphalt concrete, which allows the asphalt paving to be mixed and placed at <br />lower temperatures than traditional hot mix asphalt concrete, saving a significant amount of energy and reducing <br />the volatile organic chemicals released in the atmosphere. <br /> <br />The project started in July and will be completed in September. It is funded by a pavement bond measure and <br />being constructed by Knife River. For more information, contact Project Manager Doug Singer at 541-682-8460. <br /> <br />City Activates Pay-by-Phone Parking Service <br />Epark, the City of Eugene’s Parking Services program, is launching a new pay- <br />by-mobile-phone service at a number of popular downtown parking locations. The <br />new service will help save time and money by allowing customers to use their <br />mobile phones to pay for parking at several City-managed parking lots and <br />garages. <br /> <br />Developed by the company Parkmobile USA, the service allows registered users <br />to pay for parking with a mobile phone application, the Internet, or a toll-free <br />phone call to 877-PARK-832 or 1-877-727-5832. The system even sends text <br />message reminders of the time left on a space. Customers can register for the <br />service at www.parkmobile.com. <br /> <br />The program works with electronic payment stations at seven off-street parking <br />areas, including the downtown Library garage and surface lot, the Broadway <br />North and South garages, the Hult Center garage, the City Hall surface lot, and <br />the train depot parking lot. Creating easier payment options is part of Epark’s <br />recent five-point strategy to draw more people downtown. For more information, <br />contact Parking Services Manager Jeff Petry at 541-682-5079 or Jeff.T.Petry@ci.eugene.or.us. <br /> <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 3 <br />August 12, 2010 <br />