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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />May 4, 2011 <br /> <br />CONTACT: <br />Patrick Cox, Project Manager, 541-682-6854 <br /> <br />From Public Information Section, 541-682-5523 or 541-954-2938 <br />FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> <br /> <br />thth <br />Project to Repair Hilyard Street from 24 to 34 Avenues Starts Next Week <br />thth <br />The first phase of a $1.5 million project to repair Hilyard Street between 24 and 34 <br />avenues is scheduled to begin the week of May 9. <br />The project will be done in three phases to reduce construction impacts as much as possible <br />and to coordinate with other city road repair projects this summer, including the reconstructions of <br />ththth <br />Alder Street from Franklin Boulevard to 18 Avenue and Willamette Street from 29 to 46 avenues. <br />thth <br />In the first phase of the Hilyard Street project, the roadway between 30 and 34 avenues <br />will be resurfaced. Crews from the Eugene Water & Electric Board already have been working in this <br />area to upgrade the underground water system prior to paving repairs. Also during this phase 14 <br />sidewalk access ramps will be rebuilt to new standards. Although the “mill and fill” pavement repairs <br />in this section tend to go quicker than the full reconstruction required on other portions of the project, <br />delays are likely, and West Amazon Drive will be closed for several days when repairs are made at <br />that location. <br />The second phase of the project, scheduled in mid-August, will rebuild Hilyard Street from <br />thth <br />24 to 26 avenues using a cost-saving road-recycling technique called in-place recycling or partial- <br />depth reclamation. The final phase, scheduled to begin after Labor Day, will be a mix of surface <br />thth <br />repairs and in-place recycling between 26 and 30 avenues. When work is completed in late <br />September, a total of four lane miles will have been repaired using 10,000 tons of warm-mix asphalt. <br />The primary source of funding for the project comes from the 2008 voter-approved bond <br />measure to fix city streets. Eugene Sand Construction is the general contractor for the project, which <br />is designed and managed by the Eugene Public Works Department. <br /> For updates on this and other city road projects, go to keepusmoving.info or follow <br />Twitter.com/EugenePW. <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 />