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3 <br /> ' July 18, 2002 <br /> CONTACT: Sharlett Rice, Project Manager, 682-5560 <br /> Bob Terrel, Assistant Project Manager, 682-5560 <br /> From Public I formation Section, 682-5523 <br /> FOR IMMEDt TE RELEASE <br /> EXPECT D LAYS AS NEXT PHASE OF RIVER ROAD PAVING WORK STARTS SUNDAY <br /> Moto sts will see more activity and more delays as the next phase of paving repairs on <br /> River Road etween Maxwell Road and Azalea Drive gets under way on Sunday, July 21. <br /> At 5 .m. Sunday, crews will begin grinding off the top layer of asphalt using a process <br /> called "roto filling." This process will last at least a week. Starting Monday, the work area will <br /> be split into o zones: Azalea to Corliss, with the work occurring at night from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.; <br /> and Corliss o Maxwell, with the work occurring during the day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. <br /> j <br /> Duri g construction hours, River Road may be reduced to one travel lane in each <br /> direction thr ugh the work areas, and the ramps at River Road and Beltline may be closed for <br /> periods at n ght. Motorists are encouraged to use alternate routes to avoid delays. Travelers, <br /> <br /> 1 <br /> particularly otorcyclists and bicyclists, should watch for rough surfaces and abrupt edges in <br /> work zones <br /> Afte the top layer of paving has been removed, crews from Wildish Construction will <br /> grind off a econd layer of paving and then place a base layer of new asphalt paving, followed <br /> by a final s rfacing of new paving. <br /> Th paving repairs began in early July and are scheduled to be completed by August <br /> 31. For u -to-date information about this and other Eugene area road projects, call the City of <br /> Eugene tr ffic relief hotline at 984-8484, or on the Internet at www.ci.eugene.or.us/pw/traffic. <br /> b!!~ wa7ts . A~r~rsislratlon . City s~!' Eugene sss !'8ar1 stmt • Eu~ts, oa 974Qt <br /> Phex~e: (54ij B+a2-52e~ « ~,A7c: X541) 882-8x26 • wwrw.ci~cn,,gene?.or,ua <br /> <br />