08/04/11 - City Council Newsletter

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South Bank Path Repairs Begin Work begins this week on a project to repair sections of the Ruth Bascom South Bank Path, making it safer and more enjoyable for people to walk, run, cycle and skate on the path. Delta Construction, working under contract to the City of Eugene, will reconstruct about 4,000 feet of path between the west end of Maurie Jacobs Park near North Polk Street, to RiverPlay Park on the west end of Skinner Butte Park. In some areas, crews will remove the old path and construct a new 12-foot-wide path in its place. In other areas, the existing deteriorated asphalt path will be overlaid with a new concrete surface. The project also includes improving connections to the path from North Adams Street (near the River House recreation center) and from North Grand Street, as well as repairing the existing connector from North Washington Street (on the east side of Skinner Butte Park). The work will be done in several phases, with completion scheduled in October. Sections of the path will be closed for several weeks while reconstruction work is being done. Alternate routes include the North Bank Path on the other side of the river and the local street system in the north Whiteaker area. Signs and maps will be posted in the project area to assist cyclists and other path users in navigating around construction zones. The $430,000 project is funded primarily by the 2008 bond measure approved by Eugene voters to fix streets and bike paths. Elsewhere along the riverbank path system, work continues on a federally funded extension of the West Bank Path. Crews this week are focusing on constructing a retaining wall under the Beltline Bridge. Meanwhile, the Public Works Department is evaluating the need for future repairs of the South Bank Path from RiverPlay to the DeFazio Bridge. For more information, contact Project Manager Doug Singer at 541-682-8460. EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 3 August 4, 2011