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centive for people to use more
public transport, she said. With
all the improvements being made,
the outcome should encourage
more people to walk, ride their
bikes or use public transport.
"A large part of the design and
thought process will help public
transport,” Malone said.
Construction is finished on an
8-foot-wide walkway on the west
side of the bridge for pedestrians
and bicyclists, she said. Still to be
constructed is a twin walkway on
the east side of the bridge, also
eight feet wide.
“With the walkways, we can
eliminate out-of-the-way detours
for bikes and pedestrians,” Mal
one said.
In addition to the walkways,
the anchor has been built for a
bike bridge crossing the river from
Alton Baker Park so that bikes and
pedestrians don't have to mix
with cars on the bridge, Malone
said. Construction of the bike and
pedestrian bridge is expected to
begin next month.
“We want to emphasize im
provements for alternate modes of
transport," Malone said.
Construction has led to some
traffic problems, and Malone said
the city has met a challenge in this
area of the project.
“We can't just close down the
bridge and do the work,” Malone
said. “We have to manage for traf
fic.”
But for some of the work, parts
of the bridge have to be closed.
There are lane closures on a
regular basis, Larsen said.
“There are intermittent closures
on Fourth Street and changing
lane configurations on Club Road
and Coburg Road,” he said.
Malone suggests the best route
during the construction is to
avoid the bridge. Commuters
should use the Washington-Jeffer
son Street Bridge and Delta High
way or use Franklin Boulevard if
they are driving toward Spring
field, she said.
But during University football
games, traffic control is another is
sue.
"Nothing we are doing with the
construction dramatically helps
pre- and postgame traffic,” Larsen
said. "We do run Country Club
Road one way during football
games.”
Commuters should take alternate
modes of transportation and alter
nate routes to the games, Malone
said. People could even park near
Skinner Butte and walk, she said.
Felicity Ayles covers city develop
ment, the West University neighbor
hood and this fall's ballot measures
for the Emerald. She can be
reached via e-mail at Jizzer@glad
stone.uoregon.edu.
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Completed
Enhancements
Improvements to streets,
sidewalks and bike routes
Safer exit onto
3rd Avenue
12-foot-wide sidewalk along
the bridge viaduct
6th Avenue exit
improvements
Wider sidewalk along
Cannery Connector Bikeway
SOURCE: City ot Eugene
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