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Appendix C (continued) <br /> <br /> • ~ l'trOF..~i~ l;C:K7?lTfE~ 2Fi(3 l <br /> AJsI~FS!?ORTI TJrjfJ <br /> First needed in~provetnents ~ ~ . <br /> - fmprovements required to:mest: the GSA timeline for comptetion of the courthouse include <br /> construction of art intemaf street; t=erry Str+ee#, and;itnprovementsabng 8"' Avenue.. '1`lie <br /> cost of-these low-build improvements and. accammodatiort ofi other anticipated GSA requests <br /> is estirrla#,ed at $450,000. <br /> Future a~t#ion_F ' fifth Stmt Connsc#t+on <br /> This option would. construct atwo-tans toeat street aiong #~i3 ra~road trades from 5~` Atrenue: <br /> and High Straet,.connecGng to the intersection of 8°i Avenus and Hiryard, and provid'inga; . <br /> two-way connsctjon between Hiiyatd and Broadwayto 5~` Street Market and westbotirtd~•6°s <br /> lonue. This road: rsduces the traffic at the; key courthouse access tnterseGton, MiII, :Street: <br /> o t3~' A,venus, td allow a.signaGzed crossing. Which would be at least 7lanee of #raftc.. <br /> Pedsstgan<access to the rntsCfjont would ba across-two lanes of traffic anti railrpad fracas. <br /> l=u#ure~h~nn: sttvrthbv~nu~Reallgnme~nt ' <br /> Reallgnt»ent env~ions a fiaur-lane road v~cith tgsdian and ieft.:tum poclte#s along the t~iilread <br /> tracks conrteding Franklin directly to 6~' ar[d 7"' Avenues. This option involves significant . <br /> right-of-way acquisitions. This option also relocates the existing. ai-grade railroad crossing.. <br /> from and Hilyard to Patterson and the realigned 6'" and 7U' Avenues. Enough traffic is <br /> _ reduced at'the 8"' and Mil f intersection to constntct a signalized intersection at 8~' and Mill o <br /> aUgw vehicular and pedestrian movement across only four lands of traffic. Broadway, a key: <br /> street leading directly into downtown, couid be reduced from 6 fans west of tiifyarti,#,4 four <br /> lanes, allowing far sidewalk:improvements and en-street parking. ('edestrian af~~>°io thQ. <br /> nyerfront.would be aeruss three lanes of ire"ffic, a median, :and-ra~ro~d tracts; - <br /> Fu#ure funding rtesds- <br /> T'ha City of Eugene wilt seek funds.for future infrastructure .ctructian that would adiress <br /> tke long-term transportation and urtzan design neecis.af tfis:federa! courthouse dis#rtct. <br /> Tentatively; the City of Eugene has idenfi#fed the poss~ICey of seeking those funds frortt <br /> within federal infra'sirueturednvestrn'ent in the reauthori~ationpf TlA-21. <br /> Page 18 <br /> -14- <br /> <br />