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~ i•~ ~ i <br /> <br /> i <br /> May 23, 20 8 <br /> CONTACT: Joe Ramirez, Project Manager, 541-682-5228 <br /> From Publi Information Section, 682-5523 or 954-2938 <br /> FOR IMME IATE RELEASE <br /> Sec ion of Mill Street by New Courthouse To Reopen as One-Lane Street <br /> A se tion of Mill Street that has been closed for more than a month in the vicinity of the new <br /> federal cou house is scheduled to be reopened on Friday, May 23. <br /> The ection of Mill Street just past the northbound onramp to the Ferry Street viaduct was <br /> closed tow stbound traffic on April 14 to allow crews to reconfigure the street. When the street <br /> reopens on ridgy, it will be one lane only, with a stop at the newly opened Hilyard Street <br /> extension. <br /> The ilyard extension was opened on April 22, offering a more direct route for westbound <br /> through tra is on Highway 99 and northbound traffic on Hilyard Street. The Mill Street section north <br /> ~II of the viadu t is intended primarily as an alternate route for local businesses west of Hilyard and <br /> vehicles tha miss the turn onto the Hilyard Street extension. <br /> Else here in the area of the new Wayne Morse Federal Courthouse, roadwork continues <br /> on Mill Stre t and Broadway as crews from Wildish Construction Co., under contract to the Eugene <br /> Public Work Department, dig up and repair areas of the roadbed. Later this summer, Franklin <br /> j Boulevard/ roadway/Mill Street will be repaved from 11th to Sixth avenues. <br /> Con truction updates for this and other street projects in Eugene are available at <br /> www.eu en -or. ov/traffic or on the Metro Roadwork Hotline, 984-8484. <br /> Eugene Public Works • www.eugene-or.gov/pw <br /> 858 Pearl St eet, Eugene, Oregon 97501 • 541-682-5523 • fax 541-682-6826 • e-mail pwadmin@ci.eugene.or.us <br /> <br />