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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />July 6, 2011 <br /> <br />CONTACT: <br />Tom Larsen, City of Eugene Traffic Engineer, 541-682-4959 <br /> <br />From Public Information Section, 541-682-5523 or 541-954-2938 <br />FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> <br />Detour Goes Into Effect Monday on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. <br />Traffic on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard near Autzen Stadium will be rerouted onto Leo <br />Harris Parkway for about six weeks beginning Monday, July 11, while a contractor working for the <br />University of Oregon extends underground utilities to serve an expansion of the Casanova Center. <br />Motorists are encouraged to use alternate routes such as I-105 to avoid delays. Harlow Road is <br />not recommended as an alternate route because of paving work beginning next week on Coburg Road <br />from Willakenzie to Oakway roads. <br />During construction, a quarter-mile-long section of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard will be <br />closed to through traffic between the west end of Leo Harris Parkway and the west side of Justice <br />Center Loop. Local access to Lane County services and other agencies on the north side of Martin <br />Luther King Jr. Boulevard and to the Kinsrow Avenue neighborhood will be provided from the east end <br />of Leo Harris Parkway. Look for signs with directions to specific locations. Allow extra travel time. <br />A temporary refuge island and crosswalk will be created at the west end of Leo Harris Parkway <br />to assist pedestrians. Lane Transit District will continue to serve the bus stop near the west end of Leo <br />Harris Parkway and will add a temporary stop near the east end of the parkway. Service will not be <br />provided to the four stops within the closure area and the two stops adjacent to the intersection of <br />Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Kinsrow Avenue. <br />Three popular summertime venues – PK Park (home of the Eugene Emeralds), the Science <br />Factory, and Cuthbert Amphitheater – will remain accessible via Leo Harris Parkway. <br />The utility work, which includes relocating and replacing stormwater drainage and wastewater <br />sewer lines serving the Autzen complex, is being done by Hoffman Construction to prepare for the <br />University of Oregon’s expansion of the Len Casanova Center, as well as a new facility for the <br />athletics department’s women’s soccer and lacrosse programs. <br />Since the Casanova Center was completed two decades ago, the University’s athletics <br />department has increased its intercollegiate sports offerings with the beginning of intercollegiate <br />competition in the sports of women’s soccer (1996), women’s lacrosse (2005), baseball (2009) and <br />acrobatics and tumbling (2009-10). <br />Traffic updates about this and other road construction projects in the metro area are available <br />at 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 />