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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />July 11, 2013 <br /> <br />CONTACT: Lindsay Selser, Transportation Options Coordinator, 541-682-5094 <br /> Patrick Cox, Eugene Public Works Project Manager, 541-682-6854 <br /> <br />From Public Information Section, 541-682-5523 or 541-954-2938 <br /> <br />FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> <br /> <br />Sunday Streets Route to be Free of Construction on July 21 <br />At the Eugene Sunday Streets Downtown event on July 21, you may see bicycles, runners, dancers, <br />and maybe even people on pogo sticks. What you won’t see are bulldozers, excavators and dump trucks. <br />That’s because the organizers of the event have worked closely with the manager of a major <br />downtown road repair project to assure that the Sunday Streets route is open and ready for public use. <br />The route of Sunday Streets includes Eighth Avenue from Almaden to Pearl streets, Pearl Street <br />from Eighth Avenue to Broadway, Broadway from Pearl to Lincoln streets, Lincoln Street from Broadway <br />to 10 Avenue, 10 Avenue from Lincoln to Almaden streets, and Almaden from 10 to Eighth avenues <br />ththth <br />(see route map). <br />Downtown road repairs are scheduled this summer on Olive Street from 10 to 11 avenue, <br />thth <br />Broadway from Lincoln to Monroe streets, and 10 Avenue from Olive to Jefferson streets. <br />th <br />“We were very careful to specify in the construction contract that no work or equipment would be <br />blocking the Sunday Street route on July 21,” said Patrick Cox, who is managing the street repair project <br />for the Eugene Public Works Department. ‘We do have a lot of construction going on in the downtown <br />area, but I’m confident that it won’t affect the Sunday Streets event.” <br />Featured activities at the Sunday Streets Downtown event include a TrackTown City Center Mile <br />and Rolf Prima Downtown Criterium that will be happening in the downtown core from 7 to 11:30 a.m. <br />More information is available at www.racedowntown.com. <br />Cox anticipates that one lane of Olive Street near 11 Avenue will be closed for repairs on July 21. <br />th <br />And several blocks of Broadway between Lincoln and Washington streets will be closed for reconstruction <br />as well. However, the intersections of Broadway at Lincoln and Lawrence streets will be open so event <br />goers have easy access between Eighth and 10 avenues in that section of the route. <br />th <br />“I hope lots of people come downtown to enjoy a car-free festival on July 21,” said Cox. “And I hope <br />they come back after the project is finished this fall to appreciate how much better these streets will look <br />and function when they’ve been reconstructed.” <br /> For more information on Eugene Sunday Streets, go to www.eugenesundaystreets.org. For current <br />road work updates, go to www.keepusmoving.info. <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 />