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Public Works <br /> I', City of Eugene <br /> I 858 Pearl Street <br /> Eugene, Oregon 97401 <br /> (503) 687-5262 <br /> NEWS RELEASE <br /> AUGUST $5, 1993 <br /> CONTACT; Paul Anderson, 687-5517 <br /> From Public Information Section, 687-5523 <br /> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> BIKE PATH REPAIRS SCHEDULED <br /> Reconstruction work on the Fern Ridge bike path from Polk Street to the <br /> Blue Heron Bridge near Chambers Street is scheduled to begin September 1. <br /> The well-traveled section of bike path has deteriorated in a number of <br /> places due to the poor soil conditions next to the Amazon. In an effort to <br /> stop the deterioration, the city's contractor, Eugene Sand & Gravel, will <br /> installa 12-inch-thick cement-treated base with four inches of asphalt <br /> surfacing. If the heavier base is effective in preventing deterioration, the <br /> techniq~le can be applied to other sections of bike path. <br /> During the reconstruction work, which is expected to take about a month <br /> to compl'~ete, bicyclists and pedestrians will be detoured to the concrete <br /> walkway 'on the south side of the Amazon. <br /> ~'3s 2~~ <br /> T e',lpr~oject also includes an overlay of the paved approach on the west <br /> side of ',Garfield to the bike path next to Westmoreland housing. Money for <br /> the proj;~ect will come from funding for rehabilitation of the city's bike path <br /> system. II The city rates the condition and use of local bike paths to <br /> <br /> determine where repairs or reconstruction are most needed. <br /> <br />