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try- <br /> NEWS RELEASE <br /> August 7, 1987 <br /> <br /> t <br /> CONTACT: Ivan Koehn, Project Inspector, 687-5~ <br /> Sandra Gleason, Public Information, 687-5523 <br /> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> CITY TO MAKE HISTORIC IMPROVEMENTS ON 5TH AVENUE <br /> The first of several improvements to create an historic theme for the 5th <br /> ~ Avenue are will begin on Monday, August 10, when Wildish Corvallis <br /> ~ Constructi n Co. starts construction on the north side of 5th Avenue, between <br /> Willamette Street and Pearl Street. Crews will construct curbs, gutters, and <br /> a 10-foot idewalk, and install landscaping and special historic lighting. <br /> i <br /> Constructi n will continue through September 4. <br /> Accor ing to Ivan Koehn, city of Eugene project inspector, the $109,878 <br /> Constructi n project is part of a city beautification project initiated by a <br /> special co mittee for 5th Avenue Improvements. "The improvements are planned <br /> ~ around an istoric theme that the committee plans to establish for the area. <br /> 7 Classic-st le overhead lights and tree wells with iron grates and brick <br /> lining will match those installed on the downtown Broadway project this <br /> summer," s id Koehn. <br /> i Special trees were selcted to beautify the landscape, yet permit easy <br /> viewing of torefronts and minimize the blockage of light from the street <br /> lights, Koe n said. The city of Eugene will provide the 13 trees that will <br /> be planted ater this year during the fall planting season. <br /> Two wa traffic will be maintained, and parking along 5th Avenue will be <br /> restricted uring the construction. Access to all businesses will be <br /> maintained. <br /> ~ <br /> i <br /> <br />