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September 6, 1996 <br /> Public Works <br /> CONTACT: Bob Terrel, Project Manager, 687-5560 Administration <br /> City of Eugene <br /> 858 Pearl Street <br /> From Public Information Section, 687-5523 Eugene, OR 97401 <br /> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (503) 687-5262 <br /> PAVING PROJECTS TO START ON THREE MAJOR STREETS <br /> Work is scheduled to begin Monday, September 9, on the first of three projects to repave <br /> portions of several major streets in Eugene. <br /> The first project is the resurfacing of Amazon Parkway between 29th to 19th avenues and <br /> 19th Avenue between Pearl and Willamette streets. Broken sections of paving will be dug up <br /> and replaced, the edges of the existing pavement will be ground off using a process called <br /> rotomilling, and atwo-inch layer of new asphalt concrete paving will be applied over the entire <br /> width of the roadway. <br /> Similar work will be done on Coburg Road from Beltline Road to Kinney Loop. Wildish <br /> Construction Co. will be doing both the Coburg Road and Amazon Parkway jobs, and crews will <br /> move to Coburg Road as each phase of the work on Amazon Parkway is completed. Excavation <br /> on Coburg Road tentatively is scheduled to start September 16. <br /> Construction hours for the Amazon Parkway and Coburg Road jobs are 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. <br /> On Amazon Parkway, during the excavation and rotomill phases, only one lane of traffic will be <br /> open in the construction areas. For the several days that paving is taking place, Amazon <br /> Parkway will be closed to all through traffic between 18th and 29th avenues. At least one lane <br /> <br /> will be kept open on 19th Avenue, but motorists may encounter delays and detours. Patterson <br /> <br /> and Hilyard streets are recommended alternative routes for northbound and southbound traffic. <br /> (more) <br /> <br />