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~ I ~ ? / L~~S ~ ~ ~I L~~J ~ <br /> Public Works <br /> Administration <br /> City of Eugene <br /> 858 Pearl Street <br /> JANUARY 12, 1995 Eugene, OR 97401 <br /> (503) 687-5262 <br /> CONTAC Nathan Duke, Transportation Planner, 687-5218 <br /> From Publi Information Section, 687-5523 <br /> FOR DIATE RELEASE <br /> T FIC DIVERTER TO BE INSTALLED ON ALDER AT 32ND AVENUE <br /> A tr ffic diverter will be installed on Alder Street at 32nd Avenue next week to <br /> prevent so bound through traffic from using the residential street. <br /> At e request of Alder Street residents and Southeast Neighbors, a local <br /> neighborho d organization, the City of Eugene's Public Works Department agreed to install <br /> <br /> ~wr• <br /> the diverte to deal with longstanding problems of speeding and excessive non-local through <br /> traffic in residential neighborhood along Alder Street. Through traffic should use 30th <br /> Avenue an Hilyard Street, which are designated as arterial routes. Arterials can more safely <br /> handle hig er speeds and heavier traffic volumes than neighborhood streets, which are <br /> designed t carry only local traffic. <br /> r <br /> To 1 cost of the diverter is estimated to be less than $500. Similar street closures <br /> have effect vely reduced neighborhood traffic problems at a number of locations around the <br /> city, inclu ing Alder Street between 19th and 24th avenues. <br /> <br />