PUBLIC WO S DEPARTMENT • 858 PEARL, SUITE 300 • EUGENE, OREGON 97401 • (503) 687-5218 <br /> TRANSPORT TION DNISION = <br /> ~ - <br /> _ <br /> _ i <br /> 7 <br /> N E W S R E L E A S E <br /> a <br /> January 1989 <br /> CONTACT: Nathan Duke, Public Works Transportation Planner, 687-5218 <br /> Steve McCulloch, Fair Manager, 687-4289 <br /> Sandra Gleason, Public Information, 687-5523 <br /> FOR IMME IATE RELEASE <br /> CITY AND FAIRBOARD TO HOST INFORMATION SESSION <br /> On ednesday, January 11, 1989, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 4 p.m. <br /> ~ to 8 p.m the Lane County Fairboard and the Eugene public works department <br /> will hos an informal public drop-in information session to discuss the "Lane <br /> County F irground Parking and Transportation Draft Report." The session will <br /> 'r <br /> be held t the Lane County Conference Center, located at the corner of <br /> Thirteen h Avenue and Madison Street. The report analyzes the effects of the <br /> <br /> . proposed expansion of the Lane County Fairgrounds on the area's <br /> transpor ation system and on the fairground's internal traffic circulation. <br /> L st spring, the Lane County Fairboard asked public works staff to <br /> ~ conduct study to look at the effects of their proposed expansion on the <br /> current nd projected traffic flow and on the bicycle, pedestrian, transit, <br /> and parki g facilities in the surrounding area and to make recommendations <br /> for trans ortation improvements. They also explored the impact on the <br /> transport tion systems of realigning the Amazon drainage channel through the <br /> fairgroun s. JRH Transportation Engineers and OTAK, Inc., architects, <br /> assisted ith the study. <br /> more <br /> i <br /> V <br /> <br />