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PUBLIC WO S DEPARTMENT • 858 PEARL • EUGENE, OREGON 97401 <br /> <br /> i <br /> <br /> I <br /> NEWS RELEASE <br /> June 12, 989 <br /> CONTACT: Bob Noble, Traffic Operations Supervisor, 687-5242 <br /> Dick Stevens, Traffic Maintenance Supervisor, 687-5332 <br /> <br /> ~ From Sand a Gleason, Public Information, 687-5523 <br /> <br /> i <br /> FOR IMMED ATE RELEASE <br /> CITY TO BEGIN ANNUAL STREET PAINTING PROGRAM <br /> The ity of Eugene Public Works department has begun their annual <br /> <br /> ~ program t repaint all city street markings. Four crews will be working in <br /> <br /> i <br /> various s ctions of the city throughout the summer, with completion scheduled <br /> <br /> i <br /> for the e d of September. To avoid traffic delays, streets in the central <br /> business istrict will be scheduled for painting during off-peak hours and on <br /> Sundays. <br /> Bob oble, traffic operations supervisor for Public Works, urged <br /> motorists to watch for crews and to avoid crossing or driving on newly <br /> painted 1'nes. Depending on the weather, new paint can take from three to 10 <br /> minutest dry. If vehicles drive on the wet paint, the paint will smear on <br /> the road nd can also splash onto the cars, Noble said. Painting sites will <br /> <br /> i <br /> be coned, except for center and lane line striping. <br /> Thi summer, the four crews will strip more than 350 miles of center <br /> and lane fines <br /> <br /> ~ paint 100,000 feet of yellow curbs, and more than 6,500 <br /> legends, uch as bicycle lane markings. Crews will also re-stripe public <br /> parking 1 is and crosswalk markings. <br /> y.... . <br /> <br />