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~ Tom- ~ tr r_T~. Ts-~ <br /> December 20; 2008 <br /> CONTACT: Eric Jones, Public Affairs Manager, 541-954-2938 <br /> From Public Information Section, 682-5523 or 954-2938 <br /> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> Eugene Lifts Emergency Parking Ban <br /> The City of Eugene has lifted a ban on parking on emergency ice-snow routes and <br /> deactivated its Public Works emergency command center, effective at 11:30 a.m. today. <br /> The decision to cease emergency operations is based on a forecast by the National <br /> Weather Service that temperatures will be above freezing on the valley floor through the weekend. <br /> Public Works staff continues to weather conditions and will reinstate the parking ban if ice <br /> or more than an inch of snow accumulates on city streets. <br /> Except for a short break on Thursday, Eugene Public Works has been in round-the-clock <br /> operations since early Monday morning. As of Thursday, crews .had applied more than 1,000 cubic <br /> yards of sand and used several thousand gallons of liquid deicer to provide traction on priority ice- <br /> snow routes. Once the current series of storms is over, Maintenance crews will sweep the streets <br /> to pick up Leftover sand. <br /> For details on where priority ice-snow routes are located and for information on drivers' <br /> responsibilities if an ice-snow emergency is declared, visit www.eugene-or.gov/pw or call Eugene <br /> Public Works Maintenance at 682-4800. <br /> <br /> ' <br /> ' Eugene Public Works • www.eugene-or.gov/pw <br /> 858 Pearl Street, Eugene, Oregon 97501 • 541-682-5523 • fax 541-682-6826. • e-mail pwadmin@ci.eugene.or.us <br /> _ _ _ _ <br /> <br />