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<br />NEWS RELEASE <br />Aug. 17, X990 <br />Contact: Eric Jones, River Road/Santa Clara Public Information Specialist <br />683-8823 <br />FOR IMMEDXATE RELEASE <br />SEWER WORK TO AFFECT TRAFFIC ON MAXWELL ROAD, NORTH PARK AVENUE <br />Sewe construction will create delays and some detours beginning Monday <br />in the ar a of Maxwell Road and North Park Avenue in the River Road area. <br />On M xwell Road, Bostick Construction Co. will be installing sewer line <br />between B shnell and Labona streets. Traffic will be reduced to one lane <br />during da time construction hours, and flaggers will be on hand to direct <br />traffic. To avoid delays, motorists are advised to use the Cornwall exit <br />instead o the Maxwell exit on the Northwest Expressway and Grove Street <br />instead o North Park on the east side of the construction area. <br />On North ark Avenue, crews from James W. Fowler Construction Co. will be <br />installin sewer line between Maxwell Road and Hatton Avenue. North Park <br />will be b ocked to through traffic, and motorists are advised to use Hemlock <br />Street as a detour route. <br />The work n Maxwell Road is expected to take about a week to complete, and <br />the const uction on North Park is scheduled to take about 13 days. <br /> <br />There are <br />Eugene's <br />work is m <br />and 194 s <br />construct <br />56 servic <br />third con <br />Road, Lak <br />As work cc <br />dents alor <br />were sent <br />that they <br />Road area. <br />issued, wi <br />and using <br />properties <br />public sew <br />City of Eu <br />three areas currently under construction as part of the City of <br />fiver Road sewer project. In the area north of Maxwell Road, the <br />re than 50 percent complete, with 11,830 feet of lateral line laid <br />nitary service lines installed as of Aug. 10. In the southernmost <br />on area, approximately 5,540 feet of lateral line had been laid and <br />s were installed as of Aug. 10. Work is just beginning in the <br />truction area, which generally is bounded by North Park, Maxwell <br />Drive and Park Avenue. <br />~tinues on the installation of new sewer lines, a number of resi- <br />t existing sewer lines have begun to hook up. Courtesy letters <br />to approximately 425 property owners on July 31, letting them know <br />:an hook up to the interceptor lines installed in 1985 in the River <br />As of Thursday, Aug. 16, 15 sewer connection permits had been <br />~h about half of those River Road property owners already hooked up <br />:he regional wastewater treatment system. Approximately 8,200 <br />in River Road and Santa Clara are scheduled to be hooked up to the <br />'r system over the next seven years under an agreement between the <br />gene and the federal Environmental Protection Agency. <br />