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News Rele se - Riverfront Engineering Design Consultants Selected <br /> ~ August 10 1989 <br /> Page 2 <br /> groundwat r conditions, provide preliminary geotechnical design <br /> recommend tions for project planning, and evaluate and make recommendations <br /> on all pa ement improvements. Anticipated improvements include resurfacing <br /> approxima ely 4,800 feet of Franklin Boulevard and reconstructing sections of <br /> the exist'ng streets that approach the Park. Their reports are estimated to <br /> cost $20 40. <br /> JRH ransportation Engineering will provide geometric and traffic <br /> engineeri g services. JRH will be responsible for traffic analysis, <br /> conceptua and preliminary design of intersections and pedestrian ways, and <br /> final design of traffic signals, at a preliminary cost of $,111. <br /> <br /> ~ The final reports from all three firms are due by April 1, 1990. <br /> Separate roposals will be invited for the construction phase of the project. <br /> As p rt of the regional strategies program, the State of Oregon has <br /> agreed to provide up to $5.5 million to the city for transportation <br /> improveme is and access to the research park; $500,000 of the total amount <br /> was targe ed for preliminary engineering of which these are the first <br /> contracts using the state funds. This initial engineering includes work by <br /> both city engineering staff and outside consultants. <br /> The iverfront Research Park is a joint venture of the University of <br /> Oregon, t e city of Eugene, the State Board of Higher Education, and the <br /> State of regon to develop a university-related research park on 67-acres of <br /> ~I~ state-own d property adjacent to the university campus. A private developer <br /> will fina ce and construct the park's buildings. <br /> <br />