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f <br /> ~ -County <br /> Oregon <br /> ~ ~ ~ city of <br /> Eucipnp - <br /> Oct 31, 2000 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> ME IA CONTACTS: <br /> Gale Mills, City of Eugene Public Works, 682-6854 <br /> Carl Kliever, Lane County Public Works, 682-6901 <br /> FR M: Eric Jones, public affairs manager, Eugene Public Information Section, 682-5523 <br /> Mike Moskowitz, Lane County public information officer, 682-3747 <br /> Re ligned section of Green Hill Road opens Friday, Nov. 3 <br /> he new section of Green Hill Road north of Airport Road will open for public use Friday, Nov. 3. <br /> he roadway was realigned to the east to provide additional runway safety clearance, as required by the <br /> Fed ral Aviation Administration. In addition, the realignment will provide room for future runway expansion at <br /> Eug~ne Airport. <br /> he changes will affect motorists driving to or from the airport from the north. Motorists connecting to <br /> rJre n Hill Road via Meadowview Lane or Awbrey Lane will need to continue on the new roadway to Airport <br /> Roa to reach the airport. Awbrey Lane will be closed west of the new Green Hill Road alignment. For now it <br /> will be used as an airport maintenance service road, and it will be ultimately removed to allow future airport <br /> run ay construction. <br /> 11 traffic leaving the airport will be required to go south to Airport Road. Northbound traffic then can <br /> pro eed east on Airport Road to either the new Green Hill Road or Highway 99. <br /> he $1.9 million realignment project was designed and managed by Lane County Public Works <br /> De artment. Ninety percent of the funding for the project came from the Federal Aviation Authority's Airport <br /> Im ovement Program, and 10 percent came from Eugene Airport funds. Delta Construction of Eugene was the <br /> con ractor. <br /> (END) <br /> <br /> err' <br /> <br />