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- _ ~~~i mono urrt~.~ 1Q 004/005 <br /> FEDERAL PRIOR/TIES 2003 TRANSPORTATION <br /> 1 <br /> ~ Courthouse District Transportation Improvements <br /> t <br /> ~ ~ Request <br /> <br /> i The City of Eugene requests funding for improvements to the area in the vicinity of the Wayne <br /> <br /> ~ Morse Federal Courthouse in downtown Eugene. Total transportation project costs will be <br /> $7.6 million. Construction and related funding needs are scheduled to occur in two phases. <br /> <br /> ' Phase One (estimated $1.7 million) would begin in Federal Fiscal Year 2003 to ensure that the <br /> Phase One transportation improvements are completed by the time the courthouse is <br /> constructed, and Phase Two (estimated $5.9 million) would begin in Federal Fiscal Year 2005. <br /> • Background <br /> In 2001, the General Services Administration selected the former Agripac Cannery property as <br /> the site for a new federal courthouse.. This area of downtown, "with its aging industrial structures <br /> and underutilized land between the core of downtown Eugene and the Willamette River, was <br /> seen as a key redevelopment opportunity. The federal courthouse is an integral component of <br /> the vision for this area--a new, mixed-use district along Eighth Avenue, leading from the heart of <br /> downtown to the river. <br /> srs • • ~ m h+oraw.en~net <br /> A <br /> , y. <br /> Near <br /> ~ ~ b <br /> ~ <br /> .tn ~ <br /> T:~I- ~ e T <br /> •1: . <br /> Currently, this area is isolated from downtown by a large volume of traffic, representing both <br /> local trips to downtown and through traffic on state Highway 99. Unbraidina this traffic by <br /> providing new transportation routes and pedestrian crossings has been a key to the city's urban <br /> design plan for this area. The plan has four design goals: <br /> Page 5 <br /> _ _ _ <br /> <br />