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R <br /> l <br /> ~ 1 <br /> • EUGENE, OREGON 97401 <br /> PUBLIC WO S DEPARTMENT • 858 PEARL <br /> NEWS RELEASE <br /> i July 25, 1 89 <br /> CONTACT: rant Williams, Traffic Engineer, 687-5218 <br /> From Sandr Gleason, Public Information, 687-5523 <br /> FOR IMMEDI TE RELEASE <br /> RESTRIPING OF HILYARD STREET TO REMOVE SOME PARKING <br /> On Wed esday, July 26, between 8 a.m. and noon, a city of Eugene Public <br /> Works cre will restripe the traffic lanes on Hilyard Street between <br /> Thirteent and Eighteenth Avenues. The restriping will provide additional <br /> <br /> i <br /> space for vehicles and will improve traffic safety along this section of the <br /> street. northbound bike lane will also be added to better accom~'date <br /> bicycle t affic. Parking will be removed on the east side of the street to <br /> accomodat the restriping. <br /> Acco ding to Brant Williams, city traffic engineer, the restriping and <br /> parking r moval will help reduce the number of accidents that have been <br /> occurring along this five-block section of Hilyard. "These accidents are a <br /> result of the increasing volume of traffic and a significant increase in the <br /> number of conflicts involving pedestrians, bikes, buses, and parked vehicles. <br /> The strip ng design will offer safer and smoother conditions for Hilyard <br /> Street tr ffic," Williams said. <br /> Betw en 11,000 and 15,000 vehicles a day currently used Hilyard. In the <br /> past thre years, the city has recorded nearly 100 reported accidents between <br /> <br /> i <br /> Thirteent and Eighteenth Avenues. <br /> I <br /> <br /> i <br /> i <br /> <br />