EUGENE, Ore. -- Intermittent traffic delays on a portion of West 13th Avenue and also along a southern segment of Fox Hollow Road in south Eugene will begin Monday morning, as Eugene Water & Electric Board crews begin work on a pair of water reliability upgrade projects.
Crews will start excavation and replacement of about 700 feet of 12-inch steel pipe on the north side of West 13th Avenue, from Jefferson Street east to Lawrence Street. They will replace the old steel pipe with more durable iron pipe.
Work will run from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The crews will use flaggers and traffic cones to delineate the work zone.
Also on Monday, EWEB crews will begin excavation work on Fox Hollow Road between the intersections of Fox Hollow and Donald Street and Fox Hollow and Owl Road for the placement of two large utility vaults. This work will last six to eight weeks and take place from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Motorists and cyclists should expect periodic lane closures and traffic delays. Flaggers will control traffic at the intersections.
The replacement and extension of the water mains, some of which are more than 50-years-old, is part of EWEB's 10-year, $130 million water system capital improvement plan.
