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Public Works <br /> FEBRUAR 28, 1995 Administration <br /> City of Eugene <br /> CONTACT' Tom Larsen, Project Manager, 341-5886 858 Pearl Street <br /> Eugene, OR 97401 <br /> <br /> From Publi Information Section, 687-5523 (503) 687-5262 <br /> FOR IMM DIATE RELEASE <br /> TRA FIC SIGNAL WORK TO BE DONE ALONG FRANKLIN BOULEVARD <br /> The flow of traffic on Franklin Boulevard between High and Walnut streets will be <br /> improved the result of signal work scheduled to begin today, weather permitting. The <br /> work is ex ected to take at least a month to complete. <br /> Sig al detection loops will be installed in the street surface, which was repaved last <br /> fall. Work rs plan to begin near the intersection of High Street and Sixth Avenue and work <br /> west to Wa nut Street, focusing initially on the side streets along Franklin Boulevard. There <br /> will be inte mittent lane closures where the loops are being installed, and motorists are <br /> advised to se extra caution in the construction areas. <br /> Onc signal detection loops are installed, the Eugene Public Works Department will <br /> switch each signal so it is activated by actual traffic rather than on a timed cycle. The signals <br /> along Fran lin have been running on timed cycles since construction on Franklin Boulevard <br /> began in Ju y 1994. During the past winter, the signals were connected to a master timer to <br /> help allevi e some of the stop-and-go conditions on Franklin. <br /> The final tasks of lane striping, landscaping, and clean-up will also be done this <br /> spring, we her permitting. Approximately $500,000 in State Highway Preservation Funds <br /> were used or the paving portion of the job, which also included $1.8 million in City Sewer <br /> Funds to r lace an aged and deteriorated sanitary trunk sewer in Franklin Boulevard. <br /> <br />