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<br /> ter. - <br /> Public Works <br /> City of Eugene <br /> N E W S R E L E A S E 858 Pearl Street <br /> Eugene, Oregon 97401 <br /> (503) 687-5262 <br /> SEPTEMBE 8, 1992 <br /> CONTACT: Joe Hessler, 687-5285 <br /> From San ra Gleason, Public Communication, 687-5523 <br /> FOR IMME IATE RELEASE <br /> Olive To Become Two-Way Street Between Fifth and Eighth <br /> Oli e Street between Fifth and Eighth avenues will be ciose~d Sunday, <br /> Septembe 13, while the street is converted to accommodate two-way traffic. <br /> Beg nning at 5 a.m. Sunday, a crew from the city of Eugene Public Works <br /> Transpor ation Division will remove and replace street signs, signals, and <br /> pavement markings along the three-block section of Olive, which currently <br /> allows o ly one-way, northbound traffic. The street will be closed during <br /> the conv rsion and reopened to two-way traffic by 8 a.m. Monday, September <br /> 14. <br /> The change between Fifth and Eighth and this month's opening of a new <br /> section f Olive Street between Eighth and 10th avenues will allow a two-way <br /> flow of raffic through the downtown area between Fifth and 13th avenues. <br /> The change has been endorsed by the Downtown Commission as part of the <br /> downtown evelopment plan. <br /> # # # <br /> (MEDIA AD ISORY: INFORMATION ABOUT THE DEDICATION AND OPENING OF OLIUE <br /> STREET BE WEEN EIGHTH AND 10TH WILL BE PROVIDED IN A NEWS RELEASE LATER THIS <br /> WEEK) <br /> <br />