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,.er" <br /> <br /> i <br /> <br /> i <br /> NEWS RELEASE <br /> October 20 1987 <br /> <br /> I <br /> CONTACT: ob Hammitt, Maintenance Superintendent, 687-5221 <br /> andra Gleason, Public Information, 687-5523 <br /> FOR IMMEDI TE RELEASE <br /> CITY TAKES OVER MAINTENANCE OF COUNTY ROADS <br /> With he signing of the final portion of the Urban Services Agreement <br /> between La a County and the City of Eugene on Monday afternoon, October 19, <br /> <br /> i <br /> the city a sumed responsibility for 36 miles of county roads within the <br /> corporate ity limits. Under the agreement, the County will pay the city <br /> $1,006,000 for fiscal years 1987 and 1988 to maintain the roads. <br /> The first project under the new arrangement is repair of Centennial <br /> <br /> I <br /> Boulevard rom Coburg Road to I-5. Beginning Wednesday, October 21 and <br /> continuing through Friday, October 23, from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. each day, <br /> Public Wor s maintenance crews will seal cracks in the pavement surface to <br /> <br /> ~ minimize p tholes and surface deterioration. During the maintenance work, <br /> traffic will be funneled into one lane of traffic in each direction; minimal <br /> delays are expected. <br /> Major roads covered in the agreement include Centennial Boulevard, from <br /> Centennial Loop and I-5; Goodpasture Island Road; 30th Avenue; Airport Road; <br /> Valley Riv r Drive, from Willagillespie Road to Goodpasture Island Road; and <br /> Fox Hollow Road from Donald Street to Cline Road. Sections of the Garden Way <br /> and North ank Trail bike paths are also included under the agreement. <br /> more <br /> <br />