.i ~ ~ t <br /> I7/. I <br /> August 4, 199 <br /> CQNTACT: ff Lankston, Project Engineer, 682-5560 <br /> Fripm Public I ormation Section, 682-5523 <br /> F(bR IMMED ATE RELEASE <br /> CO STRUCTION CLOSES PORTION OF MILLRACE BIKE PATH <br /> The bic cle-pedestrian path along the millrace between Riverfront Parkway and Garden <br /> Avenue will be closed for several weeks beginning Tuesday, August 5, to extend Millrace Drive. <br /> The eas end of the path where it crosses the millrace at Garden Avenue will be <br /> inaccessible fo two to four weeks while crews install a new culvert and rebuild the bridge across <br /> the milkace. a west end of the path at Riverfront Parkway will be closed to through traffic <br /> until work on a east end has been completed. <br /> Cyclists and pedestrians can use the sidewalk on the north side of Franklin Boulevard as a <br /> etbur while th millrace path is closed for construction. Millrace Drive is being extended to <br /> rovide to prov de additional access into the Riverfront Research Park area: <br /> I <br /> <br /> P I Works • Adminis ration • City of Eugene • 858 Pearl • Eugene, OR 97401-2727 • Phone: (541) 682-5262 . FAX (541) 682-6826 <br /> 9 <br /> <br />