<; <br /> ~ / / J I. ~/i 1 JIi JI/ Tyr/i <br /> Public Works <br /> Administration <br /> City of Eugene <br /> FEBRUAR 23, 1994 858 Pearl Street <br /> Eugene, OR 97401 <br /> (503) 687-5262 <br /> CONTACT Bob Staley, Project Manager, 687-5517 <br /> From Publi Information Section, 687-5523 <br /> FOR IMM DIATE RELEASE <br /> GLE WOOD SEWER WORK REQUIRES TEMPORARY LANES CLOSURES <br /> Sew r construction in the Glenwood area next Monday will require temporary lane <br /> closures an cause some traffic delays on Franklin Boulevard. <br /> Beg nning at 9 a.m. on Monday, February 27, traffic on Franklin Boulevard just east <br /> of Glenwo d Avenue will be limited to one lane in each direction. Signs will be posted to <br /> warn drive s of lane changes. Motorists are advised there will likely be brief traffic delays <br /> during con truction. The work is expected to take one to two days to complete, and may <br /> include ni t work. If lane closures are in effect at night, the construction area will be <br /> lighted. <br /> Th lane closures are necessary for Wildish Construction Company to extend the <br /> sewer line installed last fail in Franklin Boulevard north to a newly constructed pump station <br /> <br /> i <br /> on the no h side of Franklin Boulevard. When all the connections are completed, the new <br /> sewer syst m will collect sewage from the Laurel Hill area in east Eugene and carry it to the <br /> east bank nterceptor on the other side of the river, bypassing the deteriorated Judkins Point <br /> pump stati n. The $2.3 million Glenwood sanitary sewer project is being funded through <br /> Eugene's apital improvement program. <br /> <br />