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<br /> - it <br /> Public Works <br /> City of Eugene <br /> 858 Pearl Street <br /> ' Eugene, Oregon 97401 <br /> (503) 687-5262 <br /> N E W S R E L E A S E <br /> JANUARY ~9, 1993 <br /> CONTACT:' Diane Bishop, 687-5298 <br /> FROM Pu lic Information Section, 687-5523 <br /> FOR IMME IATE RELEASE <br /> LOCALTRANSPORTATION PROJECT RECEIVES $1.7 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING <br /> i <br /> A local project to extend the Fern Ridge bicycle path west of Bailey <br /> Hill Road and widen and landscape portions of the Amazon Channel has been <br /> selected~to receive more than $1.7 million in federal funding. <br /> The~',West Eugene Transportation Enhancement Project was one of several <br /> projects!~selected January 20 by the Oregon Transportation Commission to be <br /> funded b~ federal gas tax revenues. The west Eugene project, put together by <br /> the City of Eugene Public Works Transportation Division, is designed to <br /> improve pedestrian and bicycle facilities while also enhancing scenic <br /> beautifi ation and water quality. <br /> The first phase of the project is projected to cost approximately $1.4 <br /> million, with $1.172 million, or almost 85 percent, coming from federal funds <br /> and the alance from local sources. The first phase involves extending the <br /> bicycle ath on the north bank of the Amazon Channel south of West 11th <br /> Avenue f om Bailey Hill to Danebo Street. The Amazon Channel along that <br /> portion f the bicycle path will be widened and landscaped with native <br /> wetland lantings. <br /> (more) <br /> i <br /> <br />