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4110111111111MIMMIMIN.".. •••11 . <br /> (---- , <br /> -- ....... --------------------- <br /> ,,,„.,,a ...,..., :iii irra.___I r cro__—__#.9 1:roll ir,____7,...._. r,,,ff/_7ii,r/ii.;_:.,---------- <br /> NMI III I Will 'A 'AINIIII MIMI MI WI I I 1 I WV II Rh/I IWIMIIMIIIIINIIIIINIIIIIIIMMIIIMIMIIMIIM <br /> \GENE =i �f_ JL_JL1 `i:�L <br /> aiima <br /> August 15, 2002 <br /> CONTACT: <br /> • Bud DeSantis, City of Eugene Engineering, 682-5560 <br /> • Eric Wold, Wetlands Supervisor, Parks and Open Space, 682-4888 <br /> • Therese M. Picado, Parks and Open Space Public Information Specialist, 682-4814 or <br /> 682-4800, therese.m.picado@ci.eugene.or.us <br /> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> DECK SLABS FOR FOUR NEW BRIDGES FOR THE <br /> FERN RIDGE PATH IN WEST EUGENE TO BE PLACED AUGUST 19 <br /> Al . <br /> The deck slabs for four new bridges over west Eugene prairie wetlands will be placed on <br /> Monday, August 19, as construction to add two more miles of the Fern Ridge Path continues. <br /> b, ? :-v, e <br /> Each of the pre-fabricated deck slabs-is 120 feet long by 7.5 feet wide and will be placed on the <br /> bridge foundations by two cranes positioned on either side of Amazon Creek. <br /> "The Fern Ridge Path has four bridges to allow the path to cross over several <br /> A fvt t <br /> waterways," says City Engineering staff and project manager Bud DeSantis. "Setting the deck <br /> slabs of these new bridges is a major step in the construction of the path." <br /> The Fern Ridge path currently travels along Amazon Creek from the Fairgrounds to <br /> Terry Street. New construction will extend the path north and west to the intersection of Royal <br /> Avenue and Greenhill Road, along more than 400 acres of west Eugene wetlands. The project <br /> also includes extensions from the main path to bike lanes at Roosevelt Street and Terry Street <br /> and to a wetland overlook along Greenhill Road which is also being built as part of this project. <br /> Jointly funded by Army Corps of Engineers, Oregon Department of Transportation, the <br /> Bureau of Land Management, and the City of Eugene, the project is anticipated to be <br /> completed by the end of the year. For more information, call 682-5560. <br />