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R <br /> <br /> ~ 1 <br /> PUBLIC WO DEPARTMENT S58 PEARL EUGENE, OREGON 97401 <br /> September 1987 ' <br /> NEWS RELEASE <br /> CONTACT: andra Gleason, Public Information, 687-5523 <br /> ave Reinhard, Transportation Engineer, 687-5218 <br /> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> SIXTH SEVENTH AVENUE DEDICATION CEREMONY PLANNED <br /> On S ptember 15, at 11 a.m., in the Washington/Jefferson Street Park on <br /> 6th Avenu the City of Eugene will celebrate the completion of the Sixth and <br /> Seventh A enue reconstruction project. The dedication ceremony is planned to <br /> coincide ith the Oregon Transportation Commission's September meeting <br /> being hel in Eugene that day. <br /> Spea ers at the dedication include Oregon Transportation Commission Chair <br /> Mike Holl rn, Mayor Brian B. Obie, Jim Saul, an active supporter of the <br /> project, nd Christine Andersen, director of the city's Public Works <br /> departmen . <br /> In 1 85, the State of Oregon and the City of Eugene entered into a <br /> cooperate a agreement to reconstruct and widen 6th and 7th Avenues from <br /> Garfield treet to High Street. According to Dave Reinhard, Public Works <br /> transport tion engineer, the ceremony presents an opportunity for the city <br /> to thank he State and the community for their support and help during the <br /> last thre years and to celebrate the completion of the city's most extensive <br /> and impor ant road construction project to date. "These streets link nearly <br /> all majo arterial roads in Eugene, and are a vital element in the area's <br /> ~ transpor ation system," Reinhard said. <br /> The roject began in the summer of 1985 with the reconstruction of both <br /> 6th and th Avenues from Washington Street to High Street. Eugene Sand and <br /> more <br /> <br />