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PUBLIC WO S DEPARTMENT • 858 PEARL • EUGENE, OREGON 97401 <br /> NEWS RELEASE <br /> October 9, 1988 <br /> CONTACT: Bob Noble, Transportation, 687-5218 <br /> Nathan Duke, Transportation, 687-5218 <br /> Sandra Gleason, Public Information, 687-5223 <br /> FOR IMME IATE RELEASE <br /> TRAFFIC DIVERTER TO BE INSTALLED AT 5TH AVENUE AND ALMADEN <br /> On ednesday, October 18, the city of Eugene installed signs on Fifth <br /> Avenue n ar Almaden to alert drivers to a temporary traffic diverter that will <br /> be insta led at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Almaden Street on <br /> November 1, 1988. City crews also opened Chambers Street between Second and <br /> Sixth Av Hues to ensure access to businesses located on Fifth Avenue west of <br /> Almaden treet. <br /> In anuary, 1987, to reduce through traffic in the residential section <br /> of the n ighborhood, the City Council approved the installation of a <br /> temporar diverter at the completion of the Chambers Connector. <br /> His orically, local traffic has used Fifth Avenue as a throughway, <br /> <br /> i <br /> j connecti g the east and west sections of town. The city has received numerous <br /> requests from residents of the area to maintain Fifth Avenue as a residential <br /> street. According to Bob Noble of the city's transportation division, to <br /> respond o the citizen requests, staff found it necessary to separate the <br /> commerci 1 traffic from local usage by installing the diverter. <br /> i <br /> more <br /> <br />