COMMUNITY
Cleaning up Millrace part of Riverfront project
By Brian Bloch
Emeiaid Reporter
An enhancement program to
clean up the Mtllrace has lx>
gun. although its completion
(lepemls largely on the availa
bility of funds.
The University and the Eu
gene Planning and Develop
ment Administration are work
ing jointly on an enhancement
program as part of the River
front Research Park project.
Diane Wiley. University
Planning Department Associ
ate, said the enhancement pro
ject "is much more than a
cleanup," and is set to include
the introduction of biofiltration
systems to treat runoff. Inter
pretive learning centers to
study the waterway and mech
anisms for increasing the Mill
race flow are included in the
program, also.
"They're talking about creat
ing a bio-conditioning program
that will go beyond the scope
of traditional cleanup efforts.”
Wiley said
Traditionally, a number of
(.reek houses and community
volunteers initiate annual
Millrace cleanups, pulling up
bicycles. Ixiwling I Mills and oth
er assorted items from the
murky water.
Although these annual efforts
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Efforts by the University and the City of Eugene to beautify the Millrace have largely been
unsuccessful due to funding problems.
provide some improvement,
they do little to enhance the
long-term ecology of the water
way.
According to city planners, a
technical team made up of con
sultants from three Oregon
firms recently evaluated the
water quality, flow and sur
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rounding areas oi ine Mill race
and made the improvement
suggestions.
City planners have suggested
the possibility of installing a
bicycle and jogging path along
one bank.
"We want a lovely amenity
for the research park and its us
ers." Wiley said.
Beside its recreational and
ascetic value, the Millrace
serves the University power
plant. Wiley said improve
ments in the waterway would,
in addition, enhance slated im
provements and expansion of
the plant.
The problem with the pro
gram. she said, is the lack of
available funding.
"The city and the University
just don’t have the money for a
project like this." Wiley said.
“What we want to do would be
very expensive."
However, she said the results
of the study will provide the
city and the University the in
formation needed to apply for
state and federal grants that
could possibly fund all or part
of the Millrace improvements.
Until funding is secured. Wi
ley said the program will lie ap
proached “project by project,"
until the Millrace is a more us
able. attractive waterway.
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