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<br /> 08/~L61/02 FRI 08:4 FAX 541 682 4882 EUGENE PW MNTNC & POS PW ADMIN I~j001 <br /> August 15, 2 02 <br /> CONTACT: <br /> • Bud eSantis, City of Eugene Engineering, 682-5560 <br /> • Eric old, Wetlands Supervisor, Parks and Open Space, 682-4888 <br /> • Ther se M. Picado, Parks and Open Space Public Information Specialist, 682-4814 or <br /> 682 800, theres®.m.picado@ci.eugene.or.us <br /> FOR IMME ATE RELEASE <br /> DECK SLABS FOR FOUR NEW BRIDGES FOR THE <br /> FE RIDGE PATH IN WEST EUGENE TO BE PLACED AUGUST 19 <br /> The eck slabs for four new bridges over west Eugene prairie wetlands will be placed on <br /> Monday, Au ust 19, as construction to add two more miles of the Fem Ridge Path continues. <br /> ~ Each of the re-fabricated deck slabs is 120 feet long by 7.5 feet wide and will be placed on the <br /> I <br /> bridge found tions by two wanes positioned on either side of Amazon Creek. <br /> ~ "The Fem Ridge Path has four bridges to allow the path to cross over several <br /> i <br /> waterways," says City Engineering staff and project manager 13ud DeSantis. "Setting the deck <br /> slabs of the a new bridges is a major step in the construction of the path." <br /> i <br /> The Fem Ridge path currently travels along Amazon Creek from the Fairgrounds to <br /> Terry Street New construction will extend the path north and west to the intersection of Royal <br /> Avenue and Greenhill Road, along more than 400 acres of west Eugene wetlands. The project <br /> also include extensions from the main path to bike lanes at Roosevelt Street and Terry Street <br /> and to a we land overlook along Greenhill Road which is also being built as part of this project. <br /> Join y funded by Army Corps of Engineers, Oregon Department of Transportation, the <br /> bureau of L nd Management, and the City of Eugene, the project is anticipated to be <br /> completed y the end of the year, For more information, ca11682-5560_ <br /> i <br /> <br />