South Eugene

Jefferson Street will be closed to northbound traffic at 15th Avenue for approximately one week for concrete panel replacement.

The northbound section of Jefferson Street between 15th and 13th avenues is scheduled to be closed on Wednesday, Feb. 10, weather permitting, and to remain closed until approximately Feb. 17. During the closure, northbound traffic on Jefferson will be detoured to eastbound 15th Avenue, which connects to 13th Avenue via Washington, Lawrence and Lincoln streets.

Eugene has approximately 30 miles of concrete streets in its 530-mile street system.  Each year, the Eugene Public Works Maintenance Division schedules repairs based on a variety of factors, including amount of damage, use of the street, and availability of funds.

Several Lane Transit bus routes could be cut or changed due to a drop in operating funding.

Here's a list of the proposed cuts in South Eugene:

South Eugene Area Map (pdf)
   South Eugene Routes (pdf)
Effective June 13, 2010
Route 24 Donald - Frequency changes
Route 27 Fairmount - Schedule change
Route 28 Hilyard  - Schedule changes
Route 422 SEHS Am and PM - Route eliminated
Route 426 Brae Burn AM and PM - Route eliminated

Effective September 19, 2010
Route 24 Donald - Schedule and frequency changes
Route 25 Amazon - Route eliminated (See routes 24 and 28 for alternative service.)
Route 28 Hilyard - Route and service cha

SOUTH EUGENE, Ore. – With only 260 students, Parker Elementary may seem like a small school but it’s helping out in a big way.

                “We’ve had kids really impacted by what’s going on,” 3rd grade teacher Larry Whittlesey said about the effect the destruction in Haiti has had on students.
One student in particular, 5th grader Aria Inaba wanted to do more, “I was at home and I wanted to give money to Haiti,” She said.

She did what most 10 year olds do, so told a friend about her idea.

“She told me and we told some of the other girls in our class and they liked the idea too so we told Principle Scott,” Hadley Weiss, Aria’s friend said.

The Principle and teachers also liked the idea and got student council involved.  They started a week long school wide donation fund.

The total number of motor vehicle crashes on Eugene streets continued to decline in 2008, but the number of injuries associated with those crashes remained significantly higher than historical averages, according to crash summary statistics recently compiled by the Eugene Public Works Department.

Click here to see detailed crash data, including figures for 640 intersections in Eugene

Public Works prepares annual crash summaries using data provided by the Oregon Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV).  According to the most current full-year information available from DMV, there were a total of 1,660 crashes in Eugene in 2008, down from 1,821 crashes in 2006 and well below the 10-year average of 1,973 crashes per year. However, 751 injuries were reported in 2008, considerably above the 10-year average of 675 injuries per year. The report also showed five fatal crashes, 70 crashes involving bicycles (69 of them resulting in injuries), and 25 crashes involving pedestrians. The 2008 statistics includes one fatality related to a bike crash and one pedestrian fatality.