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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />August 2, 2011 <br /> <br />CONTACT: <br />Doug Singer, Public Works Engineering Project Manager, 541-682-8460 <br /> <br />From Public Information Section, 541-682-5523 or 541-954-2938 <br />FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> <br /> <br />South Bank Path Repairs Begin This Week <br /> <br /> Work begins this week on a project to repair sections of the Ruth Bascom South <br />Bank Path, making it safer and more enjoyable for people to walk, run, cycle and skate on <br />the path. <br />Delta Construction, working under contract to the City of Eugene, will reconstruct about 4,000 <br />feet of path between west end of Maurie Jacobs Park near North Polk Street to RiverPlay Park on <br />the west end of Skinner Butte Park. In some areas crews will remove the old path and construct a <br />new 12-foot-wide path in its place. In other areas, the existing deteriorated asphalt path will be <br />overlaid with a new concrete surface. The project also includes improving connections to the path <br />from North Adams Street (near the River House recreation center) and from North Grand Street as <br />well as repairing the existing connector from North Washington Street (on the east side of Skinner <br />Butte Park). <br />The work will be done in several phases, with completion scheduled in October. Sections of <br />the path will be closed for several weeks while reconstruction work is being done. Alternate routes <br />include the North Bank Path on the other side of the river and the local street system in the north <br />Whiteaker area. Signs and maps will be posted in the project area to assist cyclists and other path <br />users in navigating around construction zones. <br />The $430,000 project is funded primarily by the 2008 bond measure approved by Eugene <br />voters to fix streets and bike paths. <br />Elsewhere along the riverbank path system, work continues on a federally funded extension <br />of the West Bank Path. Crews this week are focusing on constructing a retaining wall under the <br />Beltline Bridge. Meanwhile, the Public Works Department is evaluating the need for future repairs of <br />the South Bank Path from RiverPlay to the DeFazio Bridge. <br />More information about this and other road and bike path projects is available at <br />www.keepusmoving.info. <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 />