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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />April 15, 2010 <br /> <br />CONTACT: <br />Matt Rodrigues, Pavement Preservation Program Manager, 541-682-6036 <br /> <br />From Public Information Section, 541-682-5523 or 541-954-2938 <br />3-PAGE RELEASE, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Busy Road Repair Season Gets Early Start in Eugene <br />A busy road repair season is off to an early start in Eugene. Work is under way on the <br />second phase of improvements in the Crest Drive area, and within the next week repairs will <br />start on five additional streets. By the time fall rolls around, 20 repair projects will have been <br />completed, fixing more than 70 lane miles of streets at a cost of almost $20 million. <br />Primary sources of funding for this year’s road repair projects include Eugene’s local gas <br />tax, a voter-approved bond measure to fix streets, and federal and state dedicated road funds. <br />In addition to the road repair projects, local public works projects include finishing the <br />Delta Ponds Bridge, improving water flows and habitat in the Delta Ponds area, rehabilitating a <br />runway and ramps at the Eugene Airport, and repairing underground wastewater and <br />stormwater lines, bringing Eugene’s 2010 total investment in public infrastructure to more than <br />$35 million. <br />“With this much work ahead of us, we wanted to get an early start on construction and <br />give our contractors as much time as possible to coordinate their resources,” said Pavement <br />Preservation Program Manager Matt Rodrigues. As an example of the importance of project <br />scheduling, more than 135,000 tons of asphalt will be used on the street repair and runway <br />projects. And that doesn’t count the asphalt that will be used by the Oregon Department of <br />Transportation, Lane County and the city of Springfield on area road projects. <br />th <br />One of the first projects in Eugene this spring will be the reconstruction of 29 Avenue <br />and Willamette Street, using bond measure funds. Utility crews have already been working in <br />the intersection, and crews from Brown Contracting of Eugene, working under contract to <br />Eugene Public Works, will begin removing the deteriorated paving in the intersection the week <br />of April 26. The rebuilt concrete intersection is scheduled to fully reopen in late June. <br /> <br />(More) <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 /> <br />