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<br /> I. <br /> V <br /> iJ I. /1~~~/il/ice/T~/i <br /> ~I~ ~t~~~'L <br /> J~~ <br /> I <br /> Public Works <br /> SEPTEMB R 8, 1995 Administration <br /> City of Eugene <br /> 858 Pearl Street <br /> CONTACT Nathan Duke, Transportation Planner, 687-5218 Eugene, OR 97401 <br /> (503) 687-5262 <br /> From Publi Information Section, 687-5523 <br /> FOR DIATE RELEASE <br /> MO 'SPEED HUMPS' TO BE INSTALLED ON LINCOLN STREET <br /> Four new "speed humps" will be installed on Lincoln Street during September, <br /> bringing the total number of speed humps on Lincoln Street to eight. <br /> Wild sh Construction will install the new humps between 23rd Avenue and 26th <br /> Avenue as p rt of a general asphalt construction contract with the City of Eugene. The 14- <br /> foot-long m unds are designed to slow traffic on the 25 mph residential street. The mounds <br /> extend from curb to curb and are 3 inches high at the center and tapered at the edges. They <br /> are much le s jarring to vehicles than the typical speed bumps installed in parking lots. The <br /> speed hump will be marked with paint, and warning signs will be posted to alert motorists. <br /> The peed humps should take a day or two to install. During construction, traffic will <br /> i <br /> be detoured round the area, and onstreet parking will be temporarily removed in the locations <br /> where the s eed humps are being installed. <br /> ~ Spee humps were recommended in a Lincoln Street traffic plan developed by the <br /> i <br /> I <br /> Eugene Pub is Works Department and local neighborhood groups. The goal of the plan is to <br /> "calm" the t affic on Lincoln Street by reducing speeds. <br /> Nath n Duke, a transportation planner with the Public Works Department, said the four <br /> humps insta ed on Lincoln Street in 1994 have been very effective in keeping speeds down. <br /> (more) <br /> <br />