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<br /> . <br /> Public Works <br /> Administration <br /> AUGUST 16, 1994 City of Eugene <br /> 858 Pearl Street <br /> CONTA Bob Noble, Traffic Operations Supervisor, 687-5218 Eugene, OR 97401 <br /> (503) 687-5262 <br /> From Publ c Information Section, 687-5523 <br /> FOR I112M DIATE RELEASE <br /> ' PEED HUMPS' TO BE INSTALLED FRIDAY ON LINCOLN STREET <br /> Fo r "speed humps" will be installed on Lincoln Street on Wednesday, August 17, in <br /> an effort d signed to slow down traffic on the 25 mph residential street. <br /> A aving crew from Eugene Sand and Gravel, working under contract with the City of <br /> Eugene, w II install the 14-foot-wide asphalt mounds on Lincoln Street near 14th, 16th, 17th, <br /> and 18th a enues. The mounds, which extend from curb to curb and are 3 inches high at the <br /> center and tapered at the edges, are much less jarring to vehicles than the typical speed bumps <br /> installed i parking lots. The speed humps will be marked with paint, and warning signs will <br /> be posted o alert motorists. <br /> Du ing construction, traffic will be detoured around the area, and onstreet parking will <br /> be tempor rily removed in the locations where the speed humps are being installed. <br /> Th speed humps were recommended in a Lincoln Street traffic plan developed by the <br /> I <br /> <br /> i <br /> Eugene Pu lic Works Department and local neighborhood groups. The goal of the plan is to <br /> slow do vehicles and reduce the volume of non-local traffic on Lincoln Street. This is the <br /> first test o speed humps in Eugene. Other communities, including Portland, have used them <br /> successful) . <br /> (moor) <br /> <br />