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<br /> I'~ <br /> <br /> I <br /> ~ ~ ~ ~ Ii <br /> i <br /> April 30, 2007 <br /> CONTACT; Project Manager Jenifer Willer, 541-682-5364 <br /> From Public Information Section, 682-5523 or 954-2938 <br /> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> ~ Work on North Bank Path Scheduled to Begin May 7 <br /> Resurfacing of the North Bank Path from the Greenway Bike Bridge to Club Road is <br /> scheduled to start the week of May 7. <br /> <br /> li <br /> The goal of the project is to repair the unsafe traveling conditions of the cracked and <br /> heaved path surface caused by tree root damage and aging. Approximately 1.5 miles of <br /> <br /> VIII pathway along the Ruth Bascom Riverbank Trail will receive a new concrete surface, and <br /> portions wiNl be widened to 12 feet. Special efforts will be made to avoid damaging tree roots <br /> and other natural areas along the path. <br /> The project is scheduled to be under construction through early July. The path will be <br /> closed for extended periods of time during construction. Closure is necessary to protect path <br /> users from the construction equipment and prevent damage to the new concrete surface while <br /> it cures. The Greenway Bike Bridge behind Valley River Center will remain open during the <br /> work, and wsers should detour to the South Bank Trail during the path closure. <br /> ~i Federal funds will pay for approximately 80% of the $785,000 project, with City <br /> transportation system development charges funding the remainder. Wildish Construction <br /> Company is the general contractor on the job, which is being managed by the Eugene Public <br /> <br /> ICI <br /> Works Engineering Division in cooperation with the Oregon Department of Transportation. <br /> Updated construction information will be available online at www.keepusmoving.info <br /> and at www.euAene-or.gov/traffic and on the City's traffic relief hotline, 984-8484. <br /> <br /> i <br /> Eugene Public Works • www.eugene-or.gov/pw <br /> ~ 858 Pearl Street, Eugene, Oregon 97501 • 541-682-5523 • fax 541-682-6826 • e-mail <br /> pwadmin@ci.eugene.or.us <br /> <br />