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j <br /> ~ <br /> > ~ v <br /> April 9, 200 <br /> CONTACT: Scott Milovich, Project Manager, 541-682-6086 <br /> From Public Information Section, 682-5523 or 954-2938 <br /> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> VIII <br /> Work in Delta Ponds Area Closes East Bank Trail for Several Days <br /> i <br /> Work has begun on the next phase of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' project to improve <br /> water quality and enhance wildlife habitat in the Delta Ponds area. <br /> For the next several days, Pro Landscape Inc. will be removing blackberries and preparing <br /> the ground for construction later this summer in the area just north of Valley River Drive. To allow <br /> safe equipment access and operation of large mowers, portions of the East Bank Trail will be <br /> closed during between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. today, Tuesday, and Wednesday. <br /> The closed portions include aone-mile section from the Valley River Center parking lot to <br /> the connecter path on the south side of the Boulders apartments and the connector path from the <br /> <br /> ~Iw', main trail to Goodpasture Island Road on the north side of the Valley River car dealerships. <br /> Bicyclists and pedestrians must detour from the East Bank Trail using the Boulders connector <br /> path, Goodpasture Island Road and Valley River Way to avoid the construction area. An alternate <br /> route is to cross the Willamette River on the Owosso Bridge and take the West Bank Trail to the <br /> Greenway Bridge at Valley River. <br /> Starting in late June, the contractor is scheduled to begin work installing a culvert <br /> connecting the two ponds at the north end of the causeway and grading and constructing new <br /> banks and riparian areas in the pond on the east side of the East Bank Trail. That work is expected <br /> to take several months to complete and will require extended closures of the East Bank Trail. <br /> The Delta Ponds project is being done by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in cooperation <br /> with the City of Eugene and a number of state agencies and local volunteer groups. The first <br /> ~I phase of construction, completed in January 2006, established a connection between the <br /> Willamette River and the two most southerly ponds in the Delta Ponds system. <br /> II <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 pwadmin@ci.eugene.or.us <br /> <br />