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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />August 13, 2009 <br /> <br />CONTACT: <br />Matt Rodrigues, Pavement Preservation Program Manager, 541-682-6036 <br /> <br />From Public Information Section, 682-5523 or 541-954-2938 <br />FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> <br /> <br />Road Repairs to Start Soon on Sixth, Seventh and Eleventh Avenues <br />Several of Eugene’s busiest streets will be under construction in August. <br />Wildish Construction, working under contract to the Eugene Public Works Department, <br />on Friday, August 14, is scheduled to start a $1.1 million project to repair Sixth and Seventh <br />th <br />avenues from High to Washington streets and 11 Avenue from Garfield to Tyinn streets. <br />On Sixth and Seventh avenues, the repairs will consist of curb-to-curb paving between <br />the east side of High Street and the east side of Washington Street. This is a two-step process <br />in which the top layer of deteriorated paving is ground off, and then a new asphalt surface is <br />constructed. The project also includes repairing underground storm and wastewater lines in the <br />intersection of Sixth Avenue and High Street. To do that work the contractor is scheduled to <br />close the intersection of High Street and Sixth Avenue from 8 p.m. Friday, August 14, to 6 a.m. <br />Monday, August 17. Westbound traffic on Sixth Avenue will be rerouted to Eighth Avenue. High <br />Street will be closed to northbound through traffic at Sixth Avenue but vehicles will be allowed to <br />turn left from High Street onto westbound Sixth Avenue. <br />th <br />On West 11 Avenue the repairs will focus primarily on failed sections of paving in the <br />eastbound curbside lane. However there also will be repairs as needed in other lanes. <br />Much of the work will be done at between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. to minimize traffic delays. <br />On Sixth and Seventh avenues some of the noisier work such as concrete removal and <br />th <br />excavation will be done between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Work on Sixth, Seventh and 11 avenues is <br />scheduled to be completed by October 2. <br />Also this week, crews from Wildish Construction began work on three other street <br />thth <br />projects: Bertelsen Road from 11 to 18 avenues, Seneca Road from Roosevelt Boulevard to <br />th <br />Seventh Avenue, and McKinley Street from Fifth to 11 avenues. Repairs to those streets are <br />scheduled to be completed by October 2. <br />For up-to-date information about these and other Eugene road projects, go to <br />www.eugene-or.gov/traffic, on Twitter at www.twitter.com/EugenePW, or call the metro <br />roadwork hotline at 541-984-8484. <br /># # # <br /> <br />Public Works Administration ? City of Eugene ? 101 E. Broadway, Suite 400, Eugene, OR 97401 <br />Phone 541-682-8421 ? Fax 541-682-6826 ? www.eugene-or.gov/pw <br />