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I <br /> ~ / 1 <br /> i or II <br /> ~ Publ c W ks <br /> Administration <br /> ugust 6, 1 6 City of Eugene <br /> ONTACT Nathan Duke, Neighborhood Transportation Planner, 687-5218 858 Peart Street <br /> Tom Mason, Department of Public Safety-Traffic, 687-51 S7 Eugene,. OR 97401; <br /> (5173) 687-5262 <br /> OR IMM~DIATE RELEASE <br /> rom Public~Information Section, 465-2739 <br /> ~ TRAFFIC RADAR SIGN RAISES AWARENESS <br /> A tr is radaz sign will appeaz on neighborhood streets this week to raise motorists' <br /> wazeness o traffic speeds. The sign, on loan from the Oregon State Police, uses a built~in radar <br /> system and ~olaz powered batteries to display the speed of oncoming motorists. <br /> The fiign will be available to. the City of Eugene for use August S - 9. A different location : <br /> f <br /> has been ch ~ sen each day by the City's Neighborhood Transportation Program which focuses, in <br /> part, on ed'u tional efforts to supplement enforcement methods. <br /> Na Duke, Neighborhood Transportation Planner, says "speeding has always been a <br /> problem in oval neighborhoods and we hope the radar sign will give motorists a realistic view of <br /> just how fat they're going." <br /> i <br /> i <br /> The CCity is considering purchasing its own radar sign for ongoing use at a cost o~ <br /> appmximat~ly $10,000. For' more information, contact Nathan Duke at 687-5218 or Tom <br /> III Mason, 687-5157. <br /> i <br /> j I <br /> I~ ~ <br /> 1 <br /> I <br /> <br /> N <br /> <br />