_ p - <br /> i <br /> June 10, 2 04 <br /> CONTACT: Steve Gallup, Project Manager, 682-8460 <br /> From Publi Information Section, 682-5523 or 954-2938 <br /> FOR IMME IATE RELEASE <br /> Traffic Advisory <br /> Gar en Way Closed to Through Traffic for Extended Period Starting June 16 <br /> Gar en Way will be closed to through traffic between Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard <br /> and Comm ns Drive for an extended period beginning Wednesday, June 16. <br /> The closure to through traffic may last for several months. Improvements to Garden Way <br /> began in A ril and are scheduled to be completed by early September. <br /> ~ Non local through traffic should use alternate routes such as Coburg Road or Pioneer <br /> Parkway. ccess will be provided only for Garden Way residents and patients at the chiropractic <br /> and sports edicine clinic on Garden Way; however, even local traffic may encounter detours <br /> and brief d lays at times. <br /> Wh n completed, the $3.7 million Garden Way improvement project will include a new <br /> street with I ndscaped medians, accommodations for bicycles, curb and gutter, sidewalks, street <br /> lights, stree trees, traffic calming and wastewater and storm drainage systems. In addition, a <br /> new traffic ignal will be installed at the intersection of Garden Way and Martin Luther King Jr. <br /> Boulevard. <br /> Det filed information on closures and traffic delays will be available on the city of <br /> Eugene's tr ffic relief hotline, 984-8484, and traffic web sit www.ci.eugene.or.us/pw/traffic. <br /> <br /> ~i <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 />