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GON DEPg9T~ <br /> FZ <br /> ews a ease <br /> 1~ <br /> ~ <br /> 9gNSPOP~P ' <br /> June 13, 200a <br /> CONTACT: Don McLane, ODOT Assistant Project Manger, 686-7610 <br /> From Districts 2 Construction Office <br /> FOR IMME IATE RELEASE <br /> PAVING SKATED TO START THIS MONTH ON HIGHWAY 99 NORTH OF EUGENE <br /> Pavin' work is scheduled to begin in late June on Highway 99 between Eugene and <br /> Junction Cit . <br /> Preli I~ inary work is scheduled to begin June 19 on the section of Highway 99 between <br /> Enid Road (j st north of Airport Road) and West Third Avenue in Junction City. Actual paving <br /> work is scheduled to start June 26, weather permitting. All work will be done during daylight <br /> hours, and th job is expected to be completed by August 9. <br /> No le turns will be allowed within the limits of each day's paving operation. Traffic <br /> will be limit d to one lane in the direction being paved. When the right lane and shoulder are <br /> being paved,lll~traffic will use the median. When the median and left lane are being paved traffic <br /> will be ch eled in a single lane near the shoulder. <br /> Mors Bros.,Inc. is doing the work under contract to the Oregon Department of <br /> Transportati n ~ODOT). Paving overlays of this type are done to preserve the surface of the <br /> highway an prevent pavement failure and costly road reconstructions. The $1.7 million cost of <br /> this project i~ funded by federal and state gasoline tax receipts. <br /> Upd~tes on this and other area road construction projects are available on ODOT's web <br /> <br /> i~ site, www.tr~pcheck.com, the City of Eugene's web site, www.ci.eugene.or.us/pw/traffic, or on <br /> Eugene's tra fic relief hotline, 984-8484. <br /> I <br /> <br />