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<br /> I: <br /> News Release Ferry Street Bridge Hearing <br /> November 19, 1993 <br /> Page 2 <br /> The Citizen Advisory Committee recommended reconstructing the Ferry Street Bridge <br /> to be eight lanes wide, with bicycle and pedestrian improvements. The advisory group also <br /> recommended to the City Council that a public vote be held on the project. <br /> The Planning Commission chose asix-lane bridge reconstruction. In addition, the <br /> commission recommended building a new bicycle-pedestrian bridge near the Ferry Street Bridge <br /> and a new road and I-105 overpass connecting Centennial Boulevard and Coburg Road. <br /> Both groups supported the idea of realigning the traffic approaches on the south end of <br /> the bridge by relocating the Agripac plant near Franklin Boulevard. Both groups also <br /> recommended additional efforts to increase the use of alternative modes of transportation as a <br /> way to address long-term traffic capacity problems in the heavily traveled Ferry Street Bridge <br /> corridor. Neither group recommended a new transportation corridor in east Alton Baker Park. <br /> The City Council has scheduled afollow-up work session on December 6 to discuss the <br /> two groups' recommendations and the testimony presented at Monday's hearing. <br /> Residents who would like to learn more about the various options are invited to stop by <br /> the downtown Ferry Street Bridge information center. The center is located at 61 West Eighth <br /> Avenue and is open from 11:30 to 1:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and at other times by <br /> appointment. More information is available by calling the City of Eugene Transportation <br /> Division at 687-5218. <br /> <br />