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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />May 24, 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 />Traffic Advisory <br />West Amazon Drive Closed at Hilyard Street on Thursday and Friday <br /> <br />West Amazon Drive will be closed at Hilyard Street from 6 a.m. Thursday, May 26, to 6 <br />p.m. Friday, May 27, for street repairs. <br />The closure will allow crews from Eugene Sand Construction to reconstruct the <br />th <br />deteriorated intersection as part of a City of Eugene project to repair Hilyard Street from 24 to <br />ththth <br />34 avenues. Work on the first phase of that project – from 30 to 34 avenues – began May 13 <br />thth <br />and is scheduled to be completed by June 17. The remaining phases – from 24 to 30 <br />avenues – are scheduled to begin in mid-August. <br />While the northernmost 60 feet of West Amazon Drive is closed, northbound drivers on <br />th <br />West Amazon can get to Hilyard Street by using East 36 Place, which will be signed as a <br />detour. Southbound motorists on Hilyard Street can get to West Amazon Drive south of the <br />thth <br />closure by using residential streets such as East 36 Place and East 37 Avenue. <br />For up-to-date traffic advisories for this and other area road projects, go to <br />www.keepusmoving.info, or follow Eugene Public Works at www.twitter.com/EugenePW. <br /># # # <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 />