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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER <br />December 6, 2007 <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.eugene-or.gov <br />IN THIS WEEK’S EDITION <br />WORK PROGRESSES ON COURTHOUSE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS <br />ALPINE ADVENTURES RECRUITS VOLUNTEERS TO ASSIST ADAPTIVE SKIERS <br />FIRE PREVENTION OFFICE SHOWS GIVING SPIRIT <br />FUN FOR TEENS AT THE LIBRARY <br />AROUND THE CITY <br />Work Progresses on Courthouse Transportation Improvements <br />Work on the second phase of transportation <br />improvements in the area of the new federal <br />courthouse is about 35% completed, and the <br />next stage of construction is scheduled to <br />begin in January 2008. The entire project is <br />scheduled to be completed in late 2008. <br />The first stage of Phase 2 construction began <br />in July and focused primarily on extending <br />Hilyard Street from Franklin Boulevard along <br />the south side of the railroad tracks and <br />connecting to the new roadway on the north <br />side of the new courthouse. Work also <br />included reconstructing 8th Avenue from Ferry <br />Street to the new section of Hilyard. Once <br />street lighting, traffic signals, landscaping and <br /> extension (highlighted in yellow) will be finished next <br />Hilyardspring, <br />other finishing touches are completed, the <br />providing a new through route for traffic on Highway 99 from Franklin Blvd <br />(above) to Sixth Avenue (below) <br />Hilyard extension will be opened, probably in <br />late spring 2008. Westbound through traffic <br />on Highway 99 North will then be routed along <br />the extension to a direct connection with 6th <br />Avenue at High Street. In January, crews <br />from Wildish Construction, working under <br />contract with the Oregon Department of <br />Transportation and the City of Eugene, will <br />improve that connection by reconstructing <br />about 250 feet of the existing traffic lanes <br />under the Ferry Street Bridge viaduct just east <br />of High Street. Project staff from Public Works <br />Engineering decided to wait until after the <br />holidays to start that work to mitigate traffic <br />and weather concerns. Later in the summer, <br />roadwork also will be carefully scheduled to <br />not conflict with the Olympic trials. <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 1 <br />December 6, 2007 <br />