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Article: Residents air concerns about hospital.(Health)(McKenzie-Willamette's Delta site spurs talk about traffic and property values)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- December 8, 2005
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Byline: Matt Cooper The Register-Guard
McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center must resolve two tough issues in short order to convince people in north Eugene that a new hospital will work there: traffic and property values.
Hospital officials held an open house Wednesday night for residents near RiverRidge Golf Course, where McKenzie-Willamette hopes to build a $225 million medical center to open in 2008.
Many neighbors voiced the same concerns: The hospital will add to traffic in a congested area, it will be hard to reach because of the traffic that's already there and it will bring down property values.
"The hospital's bound to bring ...