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Public Works <br /> <br /> j~ City of Eugene <br /> ~r 858 Pearl Street <br /> N E W S R E L E A S E Eugene, Oregon 97401 <br /> (503) 687-5262 <br /> Ewgust 14, 991 <br /> (:ONTACT: P t Bayes, Project Manager, 687-5228 <br /> From Sandra Gleason, Public Information, 687-5523 <br /> FOR IMMEDIA E RELEASE <br /> RECONSTRUCTION OF 13TH AVENUE TO BEGIN <br /> Wildis Paving Company, under contract to the city of Eugene Public <br /> I <br /> 4lorks Depar ment, will begin reconstructing 13th Avenue from Washington to <br /> ~lillamette . treet on August 21. Completion is scheduled for late October. <br /> Phis is the third section of 13th to be improved in the last four years. <br /> I The co tractor will begin preparation work and will set out signs on <br /> E?ugust 19; tility companies have been working in the area to mark their <br /> lines for r location since August 12. <br /> The pr ject will be completed in two phases. In Phase I, the contractor <br /> will begin ork on the north side of 13th at Washington and will move east. <br /> 1'he north 1 ne will be completely closed the length of the project. One lane <br /> c?f traffic n the south will be kept open. The north side of the <br /> intersectio s at Lawrence, Lincoln, and Olive streets will be closed, but <br /> north bound traffic will be able to turn right onto 13th Avenue into the <br /> <.;outh lane. One lane will be kept open at the intersection of Charnelton and <br /> l.3th for so th bound motorists, and two lanes will be open at Willamette and <br /> ).3th inters ctions for both north and south bound traffic. <br /> During Phase II, which will begin in mid-September, the contractor will <br /> ` ~ switch to t e south side of the street. The south lane will be completely <br /> more <br /> <br />