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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER <br />September 23, 2004 <br /> <br /> City of Eugene <br /> 777 Pearl Street, Room 105 <br /> Eugene, Oregon 97401-2793 <br /> (541) 682-5010 <br /> (541) 682-5414 (FAX) <br /> www.ci.eugene.or, us <br /> <br />WILLAMETTE STREET FROM '13TM TO 18TM CONVERTED TO TWO-WAY TRAFFIC ON FRIDAY <br />TWO COW-INCOME HOUSING PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION <br />SUMMER READING SUCCESS AT EUGENE PUBI-IC I-IBRARY <br />RECZONE - NEW THIS FAl-l-! <br />COUNCIl_ MEETINGS NOW AVAll-ABI-E ON DVD <br />DAVID COPPERFIEI-D RETURNS TO THE HUl-T <br />BETHEl- WEED & SEED INITIATIVE FUNDED FOR FIFTH AND FINAl- YEAR <br />EUGENE'S TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS PROGRAMS EARN NATIONAl- EXCEl-l-ENCE AWARDS <br />OAKMONT PARK WINS 2004 AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS PEOPI-E'S CHOICE AWARD <br />VOI-UNTEER ENERGIES UNl-EASHED AT Al-TON BAKER OFF-I-EASH DOG PARK <br /> <br />Willamette Street from ~3t~ to ~8~ Converted to Two-Way Traffic on Friday <br />A five-block section of Willamette Street in central Eugene will be converted to two-way operation on <br /> th <br />Friday, September 24. The conversion of Willamette Street to a two-way street between 13 and 18th <br /> th th <br />avenues follows more than a month's work of paving repairs between 13 and 19 avenues. Earlier this <br />week, crews from Eugene Sand & Gravel completed the final paving and restriped the newly paved <br />street to include a traffic travel lane in each direction north of 18 Avenue, onstreet bicycle lanes <br />between 13th and 17th avenues, and parking spaces. The project also includes improvements in lighting, <br />traffic signals and pedestrian crossings. The majority of funding for the $600,000 pavement preservation <br />project came from Eugene's local fuel tax. <br /> <br />Converting this section of Willamette Street from one-way to two-way traffic follows a recommendation in <br />the City's Central Area Transportation Study approved by the City Council in May. A two-block section of <br /> th th <br />Willamette Street between 18 and 20 avenues remains one-way southbound. The council directed City <br />staff to hold off on converting that section, so that more analysis on potential neighborhood impacts <br />could be done before returning to Council with a recommendation. <br /> <br />Although the paving and traffic conversion project on Willamette Street is substantially completed, <br />motorists may occasionally encounter lane detours and brief delays until all the work is finished. <br />Motorists should watch for new signs and signals directing traffic in the area of the newly converted <br />section of Willamette. Due to space constraints at the intersection of 18th and Willamette, left turns will <br />not be allowed from eastbound 18th Avenue onto northbound Willamette Street. For more information, <br />contact City Traffic Engineer Tom Larsen at 682-4959 or Willamette Street Project Manager Teri Higgins <br />at 682-8462. <br /> <br />Two Low-Income Housinq Projects Under Construction <br />A total of 100 new units of housing for Iow-income families are under construction in the Santa Clara <br />neighborhood with occupancy expected early next summer. St. Vincent dePaul's Santa Clara Village is <br />located behind the Peace Health clinic on Santa Clara Avenue. Site work is complete and framing and <br />roofing are now underway on a three-acre former landbank site that the City purchased in 1999. St. <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 1 <br />October 1,2004 <br /> <br /> <br />