Open house to provide information on I-5/Beltline Unit 4 project, May 6

The public is invited to an open house to learn more about the I-5/Beltline Unit 4 project which will be constructed in 2016 and 2017. The open house will take place Wednesday, May 6, 2015 between 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the PeaceHealth RiverBend Annex at 123 International Way, Springfield. The open house will be an informal discussion of the improvements planned as part of Unit 4. Drop-ins are welcome, as there is no formal presentation scheduled. The 2009 Oregon Jobs and Transportation Act funded completion of the I-5/Beltline improvements as Units 3 and 4. Unit 3 was completed in 2014. Unit 4 is the final unit to be constructed. It will build: A new eastbound Beltline lane from Coburg Road; A new eastbound Beltline to northbound I-5 on-ramp, including a new bridge over I-5; Completion of the north end bike and pedestrian multiuse path partially constructed in Unit 3; Extension of the multiuse path south from Harlow to I-105; A sound wall south of Beltline and east of Coburg Road. What: I-5/Beltline open house; When: Wednesday, May 6, 2015, 6:30-7:30 p.m.; Where: PeaceHealth RiverBend Annex, 123 International Way, Springfield.