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~ ~ i <br /> <br /> s i <br /> PUBLIC WO S DEPARTMENT • 858 PEARL • EUGENE, OREGON 97401 <br /> NEWS RELEASE , <br /> May 23, 19 8 <br /> CONTACT: andra Gleason, Public Information, 687-5523 <br /> FOR IMMEDI TE RELEASE <br /> i <br /> ~ CEL BRATION MARKS BEGINNING OF CONSTRUCTION ON AIRPORT TERMINAL <br /> On Mo day, May 23, at 1 p.m. in the main lobby of the Mahlon Sweet <br /> Airport, the city of Eugene hosted a ceremony for the community celebrating <br /> the beginning of construction on the airport terminal. <br /> Speakers included Jim Hartigan, vice-president of San Francisco's regional <br /> office fo United Air Lines; Matt Cavanaugh, civil engineer of the Federal <br /> Aviation dministration, Seattle, Washington; Eugene Mayor Brian B. Obie; <br /> Robert Bolton, chair of the Aviation Commission; Orlando Hollis, chair of <br /> the Chamb r of Commerce Aviation Committee; and Eugene City Councilor Roger <br /> Rutan. <br /> During the ceremony, Obie unvieled the new Mahlon Sweet luggage stickers <br /> and the air-form boards that will be placed on the walls of the terminal <br /> II during construction. Airport users will be encouraged to place flying or <br /> I <br /> travel-related quotes on the board. At the conclusion of the ceremony, <br /> the publi was invited to write a quote on the boards or to sign their <br /> names. C dets from the Mahlon Sweet Composite Squadron of the Civil Air <br /> Patorl a tici ated in the celebration. <br /> P P <br /> The 20.2 million, two-and-one-half year project is funded through a <br /> combinati n of local, state, and federal revenues and includes reconstruction <br /> of the pa king lot and road systems, the expansion of the terminal, air side <br /> improveme ts, and installation of a storm and sanitary sewer system. <br /> Land~ide construction, the first phase of the project was completed in <br /> October, X987. Improvements include 1.8 miles of new roads, a covered walkway <br /> <br />