Four streets in Eugene soon will have lower speed limits as part of the city’s effort to reduce traffic deaths. The four stretches of road will see speed limits reduced from 30 to 25 miles per hour.
The four streets that will have lower speed limits are:
- Polk Street: between Second Avenue and 18th Avenue
- Oak Patch Road: between 11th Avenue and 18th Avenue
- Elmira Road: between Highway 99 and North Bertelsen Road
- Maple Street: between Roosevelt Boulevard and Elmira Road
The new limits will go into effect as soon as city crews replace the streets’ speed limit signs. This work is scheduled to begin the week of March 9.
Eugene Public Works said it is reducing the speed limits on these streets as part of its ongoing “Vision Zero” project which aims to eliminate traffic deaths in Eugene…