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2~~N DEP,GgT~F <br /> News Release ~ ~o <br /> I' ~ <br /> 94NSPOP~P <br /> ~I <br /> ~I' AUGUST 29, 001 <br /> CONTACT: ;Don McLane, ODOT Assistant Project Manager, 744-8080 <br /> Gary McNeel, City of Eugene Traffic Operations Supervisor, 682-8451 <br /> From Public I formation Section, 682-5523 <br /> FOR IMMEDI TE RELEASE <br /> i <br /> SECTION F ROOSEVELT TO BE CLOSED FOR NIGHTTIME PAVING ON BELTLINE <br /> Motor sts are likely to encounter nighttime detours and traffic delays in the area of <br /> Beltline High ay and Roosevelt Boulevard this week as crews continue work on the <br /> improvement to Beltline from north of Royal to south of Roosevelt. <br /> Roos ~ velt Boulevard is scheduled to be closed between Beltline and Danebo from 7 <br /> p.m. to 7 a.m. on Wednesday and Thursday so crews can pave the new southbound lanes on <br /> Beltline. Mot rists westbound on Roosevelt will be required to turn north or south at Beltline <br /> and go to Ba ger or West 11'h to continue west. <br /> Traffi on Beltline will continue in the current configuration of one lane in each direction <br /> on Beltline u ing what will eventually become the northbound lanes. However, while workers <br /> are paving B Itline in the vicinity of the railroad overcrossing south of Roosevelt, nighttime lane <br /> closures will a in effect with traffic directed by flaggers. <br /> Once the paving is completed in the southbound lanes on Beltline, traffic will be shifted <br /> to the south ound lanes and paving will commence on the northbound lanes. The $9.2 million <br /> Beltline impr vement project is scheduled to be substantially completed later this year. <br /> For u dates on area road construction, call the City of Eugene's traffic relief hotline, <br /> 984-8484, o i on the Internet at www.ci.eugene.or.us/pw/traffic. <br /> <br /> ~i i <br /> i <br /> I <br /> <br />