"The bridges will serve west Eugene residents who live in neighborhoods south of the creek and work or shop along West 11th, she said. “It’s great for the businesses,” she said."

Yeah, I can just see the crowds now,  hope they built it extra sturdy. Consulting my map, it looks like there are already multiple ways for people to access West 11th using existing routes. Never passing up a way to spend the state's money is expected, but it's hard to believe there weren't more deserving projects elsewhere in town.  


“They don’t want to dig up right next to the creek during the rainy season,” 

Ten inches of rain in October, says we're well  into the rainy season.