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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />August 9, 2013 <br /> <br />CONTACT: Brian Davies, Project Manager, 541-505-4703 <br /> <br />From Public Information Section, 541-682-5523 or 541-954-2938 <br /> <br />FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> <br /> <br />Work Begins Monday on Willamette Street from 19 to 23 avenues <br />thrd <br />A project to repair Willamette Street between 19 and 23 avenues begins Monday, August 12. <br />thrd <br />Wildish Construction, working under contract to the Eugene Public Works Department, will <br />remove the top layer of pavement and excavate sections where the underlying road bed has failed <br />between the north side of 19 Avenue and the north side of 23 Avenue. Thirteen sidewalk access <br />thrd <br />ramps will be reconstructed, the “porkchop” island on Willamette Street at 20 Avenue will be rebuilt in <br />th <br />a slightly different configuration, a parking bay will be constructed on the west side of Willamette <br />between 22 and 23 avenues, and a section of failed pavement on Oak Street on the south side of 18 <br />ndrdth <br />Avenue will be replaced. <br /> In the first phase of construction, the contractor will focus on building new sidewalk access <br />ramps and the parking bay on Willamette Street. Motorists should expect lane detours and delays. Once <br />the work shifts to the actual street repairs, the City will attempt to keep one lane open for southbound <br />traffic; however, portions of Willamette Street may be closed to through traffic, and motorists are <br />encouraged to use alternate routes until the paving work is finished in early October. <br /> The repair project also provided an opportunity to modify the existing lane configurations to <br />stripe bicycle lanes through this section of the Willamette Street corridor. Over the next several weeks, <br />watch for striping changes beginning at 17 Avenue. The changes include removing onstreet parking in <br />th <br />several areas and removing the left turn only lane on Willamette Street at 18 Avenue. The repair and <br />th <br />restriping on this section of Willamette Street is designed to be compatible with whatever decisions are <br />made about the future design of Willamette between 24 and 32 avenues. <br />thnd <br /> Funding for the $850,000 project is coming from the voter-approved bond measure to fix city <br />streets and Eugene’s local gas tax. <br /> For more information on this and other City of Eugene projects, 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 />