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Motorists around Eugene are curious about what’s happening at various road construction sites — and why work has stopped on one busy road.
Chambers Street & Roosevelt Boulevard seismic retrofit
The city of Eugene began a roadwork project in early March to retrofit the Chambers Street Bridge at Roosevelt Boulevard to be able to withstand earthquakes and allow better access for emergency vehicles.
As of April, the project was placed on a stop work order for a number of reasons. According to city of Eugene Public Affairs Manager Marion Suitor Barnes, one reason was that people were not following the designated detour plan for drivers, cyclists and pedestrians.
“It turned out that people were not following the rules of that detour the way they were supposed to, and so we required the contractor to make another one that was harder for people to skirt around and they had to get that approved,” Barnes said. “So that was kind of the initial tiny little pause that we were planning.”…