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JAN-31-1997 16 20 FROM TO 96E26E26 P. 02 <br /> w~TO~r oc oFFicE <br /> =lit w... ofba waarro <br /> WMfiiplsti OC 706f6 <br /> {20ii 27baNE <br /> EIJGFNE OFFICE <br /> 161 Ilrwt 7'rt AR ~ ~0p <br /> <br /> ~eC't')~1 REPRE NTATI VE i"`°"~ ' <br /> coos snr oFF~ <br /> M. aR a7a~o <br /> man ~eaasoa <br /> P,~T,~R DeF~lZIO <br /> ROSE6UNG OFFICE <br /> 4rh ngress~anal ~strlct, Oregon ~ <br /> ~ ~ :r'~ <br /> CoNta~t: Deborah arrington 541-465-6732 16,.,"°"~o~m <br /> January 30,1997 <br /> I' FOR IlVIII~IATE ~t]ELF.ASE <br /> EFAZIO TO ANNOUNCE FERRY ST. RIDGE FUNDS <br /> EUGENE- ep. Peter DeFario, D-Springfield, will join B Mayor Jim Toney, Oregon <br /> Department of Transportation Director Grace Crunican, Eug Public works Director <br /> Christine Berson, and other officials to announce the commi{ment of the federal <br /> government s S24 million share of the Ferry Street bridge im ement project's cost, <br /> DeF ' , as a member of the House Transportation ani Infiastliu~ure Committee, <br /> secured con approval for the ittiiisl design work on a project in 198`!, his first <br /> year in Con Subsequently, he was able to secure reoogn~tion for the bridge <br /> impmvem t as a demonstration project in the 1991 Intetmoda~ Surface Transportation <br /> Efficiency ct (ISTEA). <br /> the Fray Street bridge project was expended to ' chide significant <br /> im is m the transportation corridor, DeFazio autt?ored a provision in the 1995 <br /> National H'i hway System bill allowing the city m use the dem stration pmjezt funding for <br /> the e~pan project. <br /> DeF "o said he was especially pleased about the bicy bridge and other alternative <br /> transportati improvements included in the project. <br /> The oooference will take place on Friday, Jan 31 at 12:00 p.m, at the west <br /> end of Al Baker Park. Members of the media are advised use the Day Island entrance <br /> off of Club cad. <br /> 'I'm !read to have been able to help Eugene improve of its m~jcu transporlatia~n <br /> corridors in manner consistent with the oommuruty's values, DeFazio said. 'It's been a <br /> long romd, there were times when reasonable people won whether this project <br /> would ever et started, but tha:~ tD the extraordinary persiste#ioe of the people of the City <br /> of Eugene, 'v+e got the federal share and we're ready to go. <br /> ~ -30- <br /> • <br /> <br />