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' ! ~I r <br /> 1 <br /> ~ <br /> <br /> ' April 6, 1987 <br /> NEWS RELEASE <br /> CONTACT: Diane Bishop, Bicycle Coordinator, 687-5298 <br /> Sandra Gleason, Public Information, 687-5523 <br /> I <br /> FOR IMME IATE RELEASE <br /> i <br /> i <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONER TO DISCUSS FERN RIDGE BIKE PATH <br /> During an information session scheduled for Saturday, April 11, Lane <br /> County C missioner John Ball and members of the Eugene Bicycle Committee will <br /> discuss he Corps of Engineers' new plan for Fern Ridge Lake, its effect on <br /> the Fern Ridge Bike Path, and the committee's recommendations for mixed uses. <br /> The prese tation will begin at 9:30 a.m. at the Jefferson Pool parking lot, <br /> I near 15th and Jefferson Streets in Eugene. A bike ride will follow the <br /> discussio . <br /> Acco ding to George Recker, chair of the Eugene Bicycle Committee, the <br /> Corps of ngineers' recently released plan reduces tfie recreational emphasis <br /> I for the 1 ke and places a number of conditions on the planned bicycle path. <br /> a <br /> Recker sa'd that commitments to the Fern Ridge Bicycle Path date from the <br /> early 197 s when it was first included in the Corps original master plan for <br /> Fern Ridg Lake and in bicycle, transportation, and land use plans adopted by <br /> Eugene, S ringfield, and Lane County. <br /> j "The two cities and the county have been working on the plan for more <br /> than 10 y ars," Recker said. "The continued interest in the bike path is an <br /> indicatat'on of its importance to area bicyclist and walkers. We think the <br /> protectio of wildlife and bicycle recreation are both important and can be <br /> ' compatibl <br /> more <br /> <br />