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September 1 , 2004 <br /> CONTACT: Steve Gallup, Project Manager, 682-8460 <br /> From Public nformation Section, 682-5523 or 954-2938 <br /> FOR IMME IATE RELEASE <br /> G rden Way Reopens to Through Traffic in Time for UO Football Game <br /> <br /> ICI Gard n Way, a popular route between Harlow Road and Martin Luther King Boulevard in <br /> <br /> I' northeast E gene, reopened to traffic on Friday, September 10, after being closed for several <br /> months for i provements. <br /> The ity of Eugene Public Works Department began work on the $3.7 million Garden <br /> <br /> ' Way improv ment project last April. The street was closed to through traffic in mid-June as the <br /> <br /> 'i project cont actor, Wildish Construction, constructed a new street with medians, bike lanes, curb <br /> <br /> II and gutter, idewalks, wastewater system, storm drainage system, and colored concrete <br /> <br /> i <br /> intersection and a traffic roundabout at Commons Drive and Garden Way. <br /> Mot rists, including people driving to University of Oregon football games, are reminded <br /> to watch for new traffic control devices on Garden Way, including the new roundabout structure. <br /> The existin signal at Garden Way and Martin Luther King Boulevard remains in place for now <br /> but will be hanged later this fall. <br /> So a construction activity, such as median landscaping and streetlighting installation, <br /> will continu on Garden Way through November, and motorists may at times encounter brief <br /> delays. Fo up-to-date information on this and other area road projects, call the Metro Road <br /> Report hotl ne at 984-8484, or on the Internet at www.ci.eugene.or.us/pw/traffic. <br /> Publi Works • Administration • City of Eugene • 858 Pearl Street • Eugene, OR 97401 <br /> Phone: (541) 682-5262 • FAX: (541 } 682-6826 • www.ci.eugene.or.us <br /> <br />