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<br /> . <br /> 'iii ~i~`~~~i~ii~ii`~~ <br /> I~~ /L~~S~~/~~L~/L~J~ <br /> Public Works <br /> Administration <br /> City of Eugene <br /> FEBRUAR 6, 1995 858 Pearl Street <br /> Eugene, OR 97401 <br /> (503) 687-5262 <br /> CONTACT Bob Terrel, Project Manager, 687-5382 <br /> From Publi Information Section, 687-5523 <br /> FOR IlVIl~I DI[ATE RELEASE <br /> DOWNTOWN SIDEWALK ACCESS RAMPS TO BE UPGRADED <br /> Mor than 30 sidewalk access ramps in downtown Eugene will be upgraded this spring <br /> to comply ~th new federal standards. <br /> The $47,000 project is being funded through a grant from the U.S. Department of <br /> Housing an Urban Development. 2G Construction of Eugene has been awarded the contract <br /> to do the rk, and the Eugene Public Works Department is administering the contract. <br /> Con truction is scheduled to begin February 13 and will take approximately three <br /> months to omplete. The project area includes the intersections on Olive, Willamette, Oak, <br /> and Pearl s reets between Seventh and 10th avenues and on High Street between 11th and <br /> 18th avenu s. No significant traffic obstructions or delays are expected during construction. <br /> Mo t corners within the project area will have two sidewalk access ramps built to the <br /> standards f the federal Americans with Disabilities Act. The new concrete ramps will be <br /> sloped to ake it easier for people in wheelchairs to use designated street crossings and will <br /> be stampe with a pattern called a tactile warning device to alert people with visual <br /> impairmen s that they are leaving the sidewalk and entering a travel lane in the street. <br /> <br />