At the CAN meeting on January 23, the BHRSC proposed a 2-phase solution package that would begin to implement the Road Diet option in 2008. This would consist of restriping Bailey Hill Road to three lanes and installing one or more temporary "pedestrian refuges." The Solution Package proposes retaining 4 lanes at the intersection of Westleigh and Bailey Hill Road, which would allow cars to continue to access the Churchill High School south parking lot as they do now. The second phase would take place in 2009 or later.

The attached Powerpoint Presentation describes the proposed package. The attached pdf file [0] is a drawing (not to scale) of how the road might look after it is restriped.

Eric Jones, from Eugene Public Works Department, attended the CAN presentation and announced that the City has decided to convene a public design workshop to start analyzing the cost and safety of the various short- and long-term improvements. The workshop will probably be scheduled in March.

If you are interested in participating in the Workshop, please join the Bailey Hill Road Safety Coalition electronic mailing list [1].