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~ C,-~,,•- ~ <br /> ~ <br /> September 18, 2008 <br /> CONTACT: Project Manager Matt Rodrigues, 541-682-6036 <br /> From Public Information Section, 682-5523 or 954-2938 <br /> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> Roosevelt Boulevard to Get Asphalt Overlay Beginning Next Week <br /> Paving repairs on a 2.7-mile-long section of Roosevelt Boulevard are scheduled to begin <br /> September 22. Paving work also is scheduled next week on Berntzen Road in west Eugene and <br /> Bond Lane in north Eugene. <br /> Eugene Sand Construction submitted the apparent low bid of $1.7 million to mill and overlay <br /> Roosevelt Boulevard from Chambers Street to Beltline Highway. The work will be done in two <br /> phases: the first phase, from Chambers Street to Seneca Road, is scheduled to be substantially <br /> completed bymid-November; the second phase, from Seneca Road to Beltline Highway, will be <br /> done next spring or early summer, as weather permits. <br /> In both phases deteriorated pavement will be removed with roto-milling equipment and then <br /> ..the roadway will be repaved. In sections where pavement has completely failed, the pavemenf and <br /> base rock section will be removed and replaced. This will add many years of life to Roosevelt <br /> Boulevard, which is a fully improved city street. <br /> In general, working hours for the project are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday. Milling <br /> and paving between Lassen Street and Seneca Road will be done at night from 7 p.m. to 7 a:m. <br /> The decision to move ahead on the Roosevelt Boulevard followed a bid opening on August <br /> 28 that brought favorable bid results. Staff from the Public Works Engineering Division were <br /> concerned that rapidly escalating asphalt costs might cause the project to be postponed; however, <br /> the bids that came in were actually lower than expected. Funding for the project comes from a <br /> combination of local gas tax revenue and federal funds. <br /> Unlike the extensive repairs on Roosevelt Boulevard, the work on Bertnzen Road and Bond <br /> Lane will consist mostly of maintenance overlays. Egge Sand & Gravel will apply thin coats of <br /> asphalt designed to cover numerous potholes on these unimproved roadways. Funding for <br /> maintenance overlays comes from a $1 million allocation of City general funds approved by the <br /> Eugene City Council for enhanced pothole repairs. <br /> For more information on these and other area road projects, visit the City of Eugene's traffic <br /> web site at www.eugene-or.gov/traffic or call the metro roadwork hotline at 984-8484. <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 /> <br />