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<br /> ~1 <br /> Public Works <br /> City of Eugene <br /> 858 Pearl Street <br /> Eugene, Oregon 974Q1 <br /> N E W S R E L E A S E (503) 687-5262 <br /> May 13, I~~993 <br /> CONTACT:', Diane Bishop, Bicycle/Alternative Modes Coordinator, 687-5298 <br /> From Sandra Gleason, Public Communication Manager, 687-5523 <br /> FOR IMMEbIATE RELEASE <br /> BICYCLE OVERPASS PROJECT RECEIVES FEDERAL FUNDING <br /> A project proposal to construct a bicycle/pedestrian overpass at 18th <br /> Avenue tp connect the bike paths on each side of the street was recently <br /> selected to receive a federal grant of $490,600. The project will link the <br /> two sections of Westmoreland Park that are currently separated by 18th <br /> Avenue. Construction is expected to begin the summer of 1994. <br /> The new bicycle/pedestrian overpass will be located about 500 feet east <br /> of Chambers Street. Traffic volumes on this section of 18th Avenue average <br /> 18,000 vehicles daily. The overpass will provide a connection between <br /> Westmoreland Park, Westmoreland Community Center, Jefferson Middle School, <br /> and Magnet Arts Elementary School on the south side of 18th Avenue and Ida <br /> Patterson Elementary School, public ball fields, and the Fern Ridge bike path <br /> near the'!, Blue Heron Bridge on the north side of 18th. The Fern Ridge Path <br /> leads to',downtown on the east and to the outskirts of Eugene on the west. <br /> The project was seventh on the original list of projects submitted to <br /> the Oregpn Department of Transportation (ODOT) for Region III and was not <br /> chosen i the first round of funding. The project was selected when ODOT <br /> expanded the amount of funding to each of its regions. The funds are provided <br /> <br />