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<br />January 8, 2009 <br />CONTACT: <br />Lance Robertson, Eugene Water & Electric Board, 541-984-4716 <br />Steve Gallup, Eugene Public Works, 541-682-4960 <br />From Public Information Section, 682-5523 or 954-2938 <br />FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br />Pavement Repairs Will Require Daytime Closures of Washington Street <br />thth <br />A busy section of Washington Street between 28 and 29 avenues is scheduled to be <br />closed for several days next week as paving crews repair the site of a late November water main <br />break. <br />Crews from Eugene Sand & Gravel, working under contract to the Eugene Water & Electric <br />Board, will begin repairing the street and sidewalk on Monday, Jan. 12. The one-block section of <br />thth <br />Washington Street between 28 and 29 avenues is scheduled to be closed during daytime <br />construction hours from Tuesday, Jan. 13, through Friday, Jan. 16. The sidewalk also is <br />scheduled to be closed on the west side of Washington. <br />th <br /> Avenue to Lincoln <br />While Washington Street is closed, motorists will be detoured on 28 <br />th <br /> Avenue. <br />Street to 29 <br />Asphalt paving, currently scheduled for Friday, Jan. 16, is weather dependent. At this time <br />the weather forecast is promising for late next week. <br />A temporary patch has been in place on Washington Street since an EWEB water main <br />burst there on Nov. 25. For more information on local road work, visit the City of Eugene’s web <br />site at www.eugene-or.gov/traffic or call the Metro Roadwork Hotline at 984-8484. <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 />