Next Series of Pavement Preservation Projects to Start June 13

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_ - ~ s ~ ~ ~ June 10, 2005 CONTACT: Project Manager Matt Rodrigues, 682-6032. From Public Information Section, 682-5523 or 954-2938 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Next Series of Pavement Preservation Projects to Start June 73 The next series of Eugene pavement preservation projects is scheduled to begin the week of June 13 and will include repairs to Chambers Street (Eighth to 11th avenues), City View 6treet (11th to 18th avenues), and Kevington Avenue (Warren Drive to Brittany Street). Eugene Sand and Gravel was awarded the contract for this series of projects, which include grinding off the paving along the edges of the streets, making subsurface repairs as necessary, and repaving and restriping the full width of the streets. During construction, onstreet parking will be prohibited at times., but no permanent changes will be made to parking or lane configurations. On Kevington Avenue, portions of the sidewalk will be closed for construction of new sidewalk access ramps. On 28th Avenue (Friendly to City View streets), general contractor Wildish Construction has completed the preliminary work, and paving is being done as weather allows. The contract has been expanded slightly to include constructing sidewalk access ramps at the intersections of 28th Avenue and Garfield and City View streets. Wildish Construction also was the successful low bidder for repair work to Crescent Avenue (Coburg Road to Tulip Street). That work likely will begin in late June or early July. The Public Works Engineering staff plans to open bids for the final series of projects - 11th Avenue (Pearl to Charnelton streets), Willakenzie Road (Coburg Road to Cal Young Road), and Bertelsen Road (Royal Avenue to Roosevelt Boulevard) - on June 14. Work on those streets is not expected to begin until July at the earliest. In total, this year's pavement preservation projects aim to repair 12 lane miles of Eugene !streets at a cost of approximately $3.5 million. The streets selected for repairs are those that 'shave not yet fallen into the expensive-to-fix reconstruction category but that will soon fail unless they receive surface maintenance. The primary source of funding for the paving work is ,Eugene's local 5-cent-per-gallon motor vehicle fuel tax. Updates on these and other area street projects are available on the Metro Roadwork Hotline, 984-8484, or at www.ci.eugene.or.us/pw/traffic. Public Works • Administration • City of Eugene • 858 Pearl Street • Eugene, OR 97401 Phone: (541)682-5262 • FAX: (541) 682-6826 • www.ci.eugene.or.us