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<br /> ~Y <br /> Public Works <br /> City of Eugene <br /> 858 Pearl Street <br /> Eugene, Oregon 97401 <br /> (503) 687-5262 <br /> NEWS RELEASE <br /> OCTOBER 2 1992 <br /> CONTACT: Bob Hammitt, 687-5220 <br /> FROM Public Information Section, 687-5523 <br /> FOR IMMED ATE RELEASE <br /> P RKING BANNED ON PRIORITY ROUTES DURING SNOW AND ICE STORMS <br /> The pproach of winter brings a reminder from the Eugene Public Works <br /> Departmen that parking is banned on priority routes during weather <br /> emergenci s. <br /> Acco ding to Maintenance Director Bob Hammitt, parked vehicles on icy <br /> and snowy streets often hamper snow plowing and sanding operations and can <br /> create pr blems for motorists traveling on icy streets. Keeping critical <br /> snow rout s open ensures that emergency vehicles, buses, and traffic can move <br /> safety ar and town, Hammitt said. <br /> Unde an ordinance adopted by the Eugene City Council in 1990, parking <br /> is not al owed on priority one, two, and three streets during periods of <br /> sleet, fr ezing rain, or icy weather or when more than one inch of snow <br /> accumulat s on streets within the city limits. The ordinance also gives the <br /> city the uthority to tow vehicles parked or stranded along priority routes, <br /> and to cl se any street to vehicular or pedestrian traffic. <br /> (more ) <br /> <br />