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` • i' ~ <br /> In 2001, General Services Administration selected <br /> the former Agripac Cannery property as the site fora ~ ~ G ~ ~ ~ <br /> new Federal Courthouse. This area of downtown with <br /> , <br /> its aging industrial structures and underutilized land 4mA~. `"""''~'""r~`~ <br /> ' between the care of downtown Eugene and the 5u~ G' ~ ' <br /> 6YhA , ~ 2 <br /> Willamette River, was seen as a key redevelopment ; <br /> 7th A ~ f',-> <br /> opportunity. The Federal. Courthouse is an integral F, <br /> component of the vision for this area, a new mixed-use . B~ ~ . <br /> q... <br /> district along Eighth Avenue, leading from the heart of ~ ' <br /> ~ ~ ~ ~ z <br /> i downtown to the river. ~ <br /> In ul 2002 the Eu ene Cit Council ado ted a ~ <br /> 1 Y g y N <br /> P ~ ~ g <br /> Concept Plan for the courthouse district, based on four - 4 <br /> ' main project goals: uomersity <br /> • create a special place around the courthouse; Concept Pian of oregao <br /> • connect to the core of downtown; <br /> • contribute to the vitality of the core of downtown; <br /> • connect downtown to the river, <br /> in a memorable, accessible way. <br /> Currently, this area is isolated <br /> from downtown by a large volume <br /> of traffic, representing both local <br /> trips to downtown and through <br /> traffic on state Hwy 99. Unbraiding <br /> this tr ff <br /> a is ha <br /> s been ke to th <br /> e Ci <br /> is <br /> Y Y <br /> urban design plan for this area. The <br /> plan focuses on providing new <br /> transportation routes and pedes- - ~ <br /> <br /> i trian crossings to create a special <br /> place by the new courthouse and to ' <br /> make the connection between <br /> downtown and the river. <br /> Transportation improvements in " <br /> this area will benefit local and state <br /> transportation systems and the new <br /> Feder ~ <br /> al Courthous n ' <br /> e ei hborhood. <br /> g <br /> Anew state rou - <br /> te will carry west- <br /> bound traffic on the edge of down- _ ` <br /> town. The downshift in required t.;. ; <br /> capacity will allow Broadway to <br /> _ <br /> take on more of a main street <br /> character, with wider sidewalks and Courthouse District Illustrative Pian <br /> on-street parking. A new signal at <br /> Ei hth and Mill will create a edestrian ath alon the <br /> g <br /> P P g <br /> <br /> j City's "civic street," past the Park Blocks, Lane County <br /> Courthouse, Eugene City Hall, the new Federal Court- <br /> house, and onto the edge of the Willamette River. <br /> i <br /> i <br /> f <br /> <br />