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with a goal of having that segment of pipeline completed before classes begin at North Eugene High School in <br /> September. Then the work will shift to River Avenue, east of River Road. Due to excavation impacts, two street trees <br /> near the treatment plant will be removed by MWMC's contractor for public safety reasons. The trees were posted for <br /> removal on July 22, and replacement trees appropriate to the site are anticipated to be planted within the River Avenue <br /> right-of-way as part of the project. For more information on the MWMC reclaimed water project, please contact Troy <br /> AcAllister or Steve Templin at 726-3694. <br /> New Traffic Signs Remind Motorists to `Drive Sober, Save Lives' <br /> New traffic signs being placed around town remind motorists to "drive sober, save <br /> lives." Oregon is a test site for the new signs, which show a red line through a DRIVE SOBER <br /> cocktail glass. The signs were developed by the Governor's Advisory Committee on <br /> Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants (DUI') and approved by the State Traffic <br /> Engineer and the U.S. Department of Transportation. If the signs are successful in <br /> (! ) <br /> Oregon, they may be used in other states. <br /> Approximately 130 signs are being put up statewide. In Eugene, the signs are being <br /> placed on northbound Coburg Road near the Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard exit, <br /> on southbound Coburg Road near Third Avenue, on eastbound Martin Luther King Jr. <br /> Boulevard across from the east end of Centennial Loop, on the corner of West <br /> Seventh Avenue and Willamette Street, and on westbound 11th Avenue across from <br /> Arthur Street. <br /> "We've selected locations where we see the highest volume of traffic," said Officer SAVE LIVES <br /> Jerry Webber, Eugene Police Department's DUll grant coordinator. "Every person <br /> who makes a decision not to drive impaired is a potential life saved or injury avoided, <br /> and these signs are another tool to reinforce the message of not drinking and driving." <br /> Goals of the state Transportation Safety Division program to curb impaired driving are to reduce the percentage of <br /> alcohol-related traffic fatalities 36.6%, or 165, by the year 2005, and reduce the percentage of drug-related traffic <br /> fatalities to 8%, or 35, by the year 2005. In addition to the new signs, other DUI' program activities include law <br /> enforcement training,judicial training, community mini-grants, and purchase of specialty law enforcement equipment. <br /> For more information on the DUll signage program, contact Police Public Information Director Pam Olshanski at 682- <br /> 5124 or Gretchen McKenzie, manager of ODOT's Impaired Driving Program, at 503 986-4183. <br /> New Generation of Mountain Bikers Help Repair Ridgeline Trail <br /> Youth from the City of Eugene Outdoor Program's mountain bike camp joined Volunteers in Parks staff on July 22 to <br /> repair and make improvements to the Mt. Baldy-to-Spring Boulevard section of the Ridgeline Trail. The work party was <br /> the result of a discussion that took place last month between interested mountain bikers from the community and City <br /> staff about a host of issues regarding the trail, such as erosion 3 ,. - .- <br /> damage due to rain and heavy use, ongoing trail maintenance all ,` ,` _ <br /> trail access, and plans to acquire more land and extend the , , • ;k y <br /> trail. . :. • 1 .4 <br /> These young peole found some respite from the record hot <br /> P <br /> temperatures on the heavily forested trail and tackled several of i <br /> the issues identified by clearing ditches to improve drainage .cs1:14, <br /> and make the trail less muddy; reducing the grade on some --'_. ° .� s <br /> treacherous downhill curves; repairing water barriers, also to <br /> improve drainage; and smoothing out some of the rougher, <br /> more heavily impacted segments of trail. <br /> Volunteers in Parks Coordinator Chris Girard says the young <br /> people involved in the project felt like they made a difference <br /> and are eager to test out the segment of trail that they worked on. "Even though the Ridgeline is a large trail system, <br /> every volunteer effort, like this one, counts. These young mountain bikers can take this experience of stewardship with <br /> them throughout their lives." <br /> To see and/or experience the results of the groups' efforts, travel south on Spring Boulevard until it dead ends at the Mt. <br /> (,3aldY trailhead. For more information, call Chris Girard at Parks and Open Space at 682-4845. <br /> EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2 <br />