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, <br /> ~ PUBLIC WO KS DEPARTMENT • 858 PEARL ST. • EUGENE, OREGON 97401 <br /> i <br /> i <br /> i <br /> NEWS RELEASE <br /> July 25, 988 <br /> CONTACT: Pat Bayes, Project Designer, 687-5228 <br /> i Bob Terrel, Construction Manager, 687-5382 <br /> j From Sand a Gleason, Public Information, 687-5523 <br /> i <br /> FOR IMMED ATE RELEASE <br /> CITY TO BEGIN RECONSTRUCTION OF 13TH AVENUE <br /> Begi Wing August 1, the city of Eugene Public Works Department will begin <br /> f reconstru ting 13th Avenue from Willamette to Kincaid. Excavation must be <br /> completed by October 1; paving and finish work will continue into the winter. <br /> Wildish C rvallis Construction Co. is contractor for the $715,000 project. <br /> <br /> ~r <br /> Duri g the project, the contractor will widen 13th two feet--one foot on <br /> each side -and will install turn pockets on major cross streets. Sidewalks <br /> at inters ctions and all curbs and gutters will be replaced and existing <br /> i traffic s gnals relocated. Storm sewer lines will be built along the entire <br /> length of the project, and an eight-inch sanitary sewer line will be <br /> installed to replace a failed section of old line between Pearl and Nigh. <br /> On-street parking is planned for both sides of the street. <br /> Acco ding to Pat Bayes, project designer, bicycle lanes will remain <br /> between H lyard and Alder Street only. During construction, Bayes urges <br /> bicyclist to use 14th and 15th Avenues for access to and from the University <br /> of Oregon and Sacred Heart areas. <br /> more <br /> ~rr' <br /> <br />