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/ /L~~ <br /> Public Works <br /> Administration <br /> AUGUST 6, 1994 City of Eugene <br /> 858 Pearl Street <br /> Eugene, OR 97401 <br /> CONTA Bob Noble, Traffic Operations Supervisor, 687-5218 (503) 687-5262 <br /> Richard Zucker, Maintenance Crew Supervisor, 687-5220 <br /> From Public Information Section, 687-5523 <br /> FOR IMM DIATE RELEASE <br /> CROS WALK VVOR1< TO CLOSE PATTCRSON STREET FOR Tl'VO MORNINGS <br /> Patt rson Street between 20th and 22nd avenues will be closed for two mornings next <br /> week whit a City of Eugene crew paves a raised crosswalk between the Eugene YMCA and <br /> South Eug ne High School. <br /> Tra fic on Patterson Street will be detoured around the construction area between 4:30 <br /> a.m. and I p.m. on Tuesday, August 30, and Wednesday, August 31. Motorists can avoid <br /> delays by sing Amazon Parkway and Harris Street. The closure may be extended to <br /> Thursday ~ orning, September I, if additional time is needed to complete the work. <br /> Th Eugene Public Works Department is installing a raised crosswalk and narrowing <br /> the roadw y to make it safer for pedestrians to cross Patterson Street. The new design will <br /> <br /> i <br /> include si ewalk access ramps for persons using wheelchairs. <br /> <br /> ~i <br /> Th project has been planned for mo?-e than five years and is part of the Public Works <br /> Departure is ongo?ng effort to incorporate pedestrian-friendly designs on city streets and to <br /> improve p destrian safety Several hundred pedestrians cross Patterson Street at this location <br /> daily. Th $30,000 project is being paid for through City of Eugene funds budgeted for <br /> traffic ope ation improvements. <br /> <br />