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i _ ~ ~ _ ~ <br /> ~ <br /> une 17, 1997 <br /> (CONTACT: T ri Higgins, Project Manager, 682-5560 <br /> rom Public In rmation Section, 682-5523 <br /> OR IMMEDI TE RELEASE <br /> ONSTRUCT ON BEGINS ON WEST 11TH AND WILLOW CREEK ROAD PROJECT <br /> Constru tion begins Wednesday on a $3 million project to widen a section of West 11th <br /> Avenue and re 'gn and improve Willow Creek Road. <br /> III The first phase of construction will occur on Willow Creek Road between West 11th and <br /> 1West 18th aven es. Beginning Wednesday and continuing for approximately two months, <br /> i <br /> Willow Creek ad will be closed to through traffic between Pitchford Avenue and West 18th. <br /> Later this summ r, the section of Willow Creek between Pitchford and West 11th will be closed <br /> o through traffi for about a month. <br /> Starting n mid-July, the contractor, Wildish Construction Co., will begin working on <br /> ~VVest 11th betty en Beltline Road and Willow Creek. Although the contract calls for travel lanes <br /> o be kept open uring peak commute hours, motorists are encouraged to use alternate routes to <br /> void delays an lane closures during off-peak periods and at night. <br /> On West 11th Avenue from Beltline Highway to just west of Willow Creek Road, plans <br /> all for widenin the two-lane highway to a curbed, four-lane road with a center turn lane, <br /> constructing 7-f of-wide sidewalks and planter strips on both sides of West 11th, and installing <br /> new traffic sign is on West 11th at Danebo Avenue and Beltline Highway. <br /> (more) <br /> <br /> Publpc Works • Admini tration • City of Eugene • 858 Pearl • Eugene, OR 97401-2727 • Phone: (541) 682-5262 • FAX (541) 682-6826 <br /> <br />