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~u ene road repair needs Page 1 of 2 <br /> ~V1 <br /> ' ~ ~ PRl~JTTN1 <br /> ugene road repair needs <br /> YouNewsTVT"" <br /> i <br /> $to Published: Jun 7, 2007 at 1:02 PM PDT gy Carla Castano <br /> <br /> I~,,,4 some local residents work to roll back much of Eugene's city gas tax, crews are hitting the <br /> vement now, to start repaving projects on city streets. <br /> fi e drive through Eugene may soon get a little less bumpy but that will mean some delays this <br /> mmer and not just for drivers. <br /> ~ s Rider Troy Reudebaugh tells us, "It is a hindrance to the bus schedule because the buses are <br /> toured around construction." <br /> a paving repairs totaling more than five million dollars are just getting started. <br /> it Engineer Mathew Rodrigues tells us, "the first contracts that are starting up will be work on <br /> kpatch from 11th to 18th. Monroe from 8th to 13th and Chambers from 24th to Lorraine." <br /> C ews are preparing to overlay 20 miles of lane on 10 city streets but that's just a start. <br /> is Jones with Eugene Public Works says, "There's a big need a need of about 170 million dollars of <br /> jects like this we could and should be doing." <br /> ~ ere are severe) other potholes on Eugene roads that won't be repaired anytime soon. West 18th <br /> enue between City View and Chambers is supposed to be one of the worst stretches but Eugene <br /> '~P blic Works crews say it won't be fixed because their simply isn't the money to do so. <br /> J nes says, What happened was the amount of funding we are receiving has gone down over 10 <br /> y ars and the need has gone up so we just haven't been able to keep pace." <br /> http://www.printthis. clickability. com/pdcpt?action=cpt&title=Eugene+road+repair+needs&expire=... 6/7/2007 <br /> <br />