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I/ I`~~ <br /> '/1/~~/~/~/r/!/,/mil <br /> I~~ / L~~~~~/~~I ~/L~J~ <br /> APRIL 8, 1996 Public Works <br /> Administration <br /> CONTACT: Joe Hessler, Traffic Technician, 687-5285 City of Eugene <br /> 858 Pearl Street <br /> From Public Information Section, 687-5523 Eugene, OR 97401 <br /> (503) 687-5262 <br /> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> SPEED LIMITS CHANGING ON SEVEN EUGENE STREETS <br /> Speed limits are being lowered on five city streets and posted on two other streets the week of <br /> April 8. The changes are the result of an ongoing review by the city's Public Works Department to <br /> make sure speed zones keep pace with traffic usage and development in the community. <br /> • On Chambers Street from Lorane Highway to 300 feet south of 25th Avenue, the speed limit is <br /> being lowered to 35 mph from the current 40 mph. <br /> • On River Road from Maxwell Road to Azalea Drive, the new speed limit will be 35 mph <br /> (currently 40 mph). <br /> • On 30th Avenue from 100 feet east of Agate Street to Spring Boulevard, the speed limit will be <br /> 45 mph (currently 55 mph). <br /> • On 18th Avenue from Bertelsen Road to Willow Creek road, the speed limit will be 45 mph <br /> (currently 50 mph). <br /> • On Willow Creek Road from 18th Avenue to Pitchford Avenue, the speed limit will be 35 mph <br /> (currently 45 mph) <br /> • On Chad Drive and Crescent Avenue east of Coburg Road, the posted speed limit will be 35 <br /> mph (currently not posted). <br /> Flagging or other advance warning will be used to alert motorists to the new speed limits for <br /> <br /> 'several weeks after the changes are made. <br /> <br />