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G~~ OEP,~T <br /> Q~ <br /> ° News /~e%ase <br /> ~)C- <br /> ~\o <br /> 9~NSPOP~P <br /> Apri128, 2000 <br /> CONTACT: on McLane, ODOT Assistant Project Manager, 686-7610 <br /> From Eugene ub~ic Works Public Information Section, 682-5523 <br /> FOR IMMED A'~'E RELEASE <br /> BELT INE WORK WILL REQUIRE CLOSURE OF ROOSEVELT MAY 5-8 <br /> The wet end of Roosevelt Boulevard will be closed next weekend as construction continues <br /> on the second p~as~e of the Beltline Highway modernization project. <br /> The sec ion of Roosevelt Boulevard from just west of Bertelsen Road to Beltline Highway <br /> will be closed a 8 ~.m. Friday, May 5, and is scheduled to remain closed until 6 a.m. Monday, May <br /> 8. Traffic on B ltli,ne will be restricted to one lane in each direction in the vicinity of Roosevelt <br /> <br /> during the same weekend if weather allows paving. Motorists should be on the lookout for flaggers <br /> <br /> directing traffic n the work zone. <br /> j <br /> The clos re of Roosevelt is needed to install a new culvert under the roadway. If weather <br /> ermits, paving oak also will be done where the culvert is being installed and where the new <br /> ection of Roose e11t intersects the west side of Beltline Highway. <br /> The Ore on' Department of Transportation earlier this year began atwo-year, $9.2 million <br /> roject to widen nd improve Beltline Highway from north of Royal to the railroad overcrossing <br /> outh of Roosev lt. IiPart of the project includes constructing a new segment of Roosevelt fi-o?n <br /> elt(ine to Dane o avenue. <br /> For updates on area traffic projects, call the City of Eugene traffic relief hotline at 964-8484, <br /> r on the Internet' at jwww.ci.eugene.or.us/pw/traffic or at ODOT's new web site, www.tripcheck.com. <br /> i <br /> I <br /> <br />