Construction
61 projects found
Sellwood Sewer Extension Project
Sewer and Stormwater
Active
Construction for this project is anticipated to begin September 2023 and be completed by July 2025.
Environmental Services is designing a sewer project to extend the public sewer system throughout the Sellwood-Moreland neighborhoods. This work is part of the City’s effort to provide property owners a way to directly and independently connect to the sewer system to meet current plumbing code.
Irving Park Stormwater Project
Sewer and Stormwater
Active
Nature patch work was completed in February 2021. Rain garden and green street planter design is in progress and will continue through summer 2022. Construction of the rain gardens and green street planters is currently scheduled to begin summer 2023.
Environmental Services and Portland Parks & Recreation are collaborating on a project to build nature patches and rain gardens to manage stormwater in Irving Park. The project will help prevent nearby flooding, sewer basement backups, and sewage overflows into the Willamette River during storms.
Force Avenue Pump Station Project
Sewer and Stormwater
Active
Design continues. Construction of the new pump station is anticipated to begin in May of 2024 and take up to a year and a half to complete.
Environmental Services is designing a project to remodel the 48-year-old Force Avenue Pump Station in North Portland. Increased pumping capacity will accommodate growth and future demands on the sewer system. Improved reliability, access, and safety will protect public health and the environment.
SW Washington Street: Park Ave to 10th Sewer Project
Sewer and Stormwater
Active
Design continues for one remaining sewer service lateral repair. Construction is anticipated to occur in early 2023..
Environmental Services is designing a sewer service lateral repair in SW Washington Street between SW Park Avenue and SW 10th Avenue in downtown Portland. The repair will help prevent backups into buildings and streets during periods of heavy flows of combined sewage and stormwater.
SW Main-Taylor Sewer Project
Sewer and Stormwater
Active
Construction began in January and will take a year and a half to complete.
Environmental Services is constructing a project to repair 10,765 feet, or two miles, of aging public sewer pipes in downtown Portland. Having provided 100 to 150 years of service, the pipes require repairs to reduce risks of basement flooding and sewage releases to downtown buildings and streets.
SW Market-Madison Sewer Project
Sewer and Stormwater
Active
Project design will continue through spring of this year. Construction is anticipated to begin in July and take a year and a half to complete.
Environmental Services is designing a project to repair 11,720 feet (more than two miles) of public sewer pipes in downtown Portland. Having provided up to 140 years of service, the pipes require repairs to reduce the risks of basement flooding and sewage releases to downtown buildings and streets.
Taggart Outfall Sewer Project
Sewer and Stormwater
Active
Environmental Services is constructing an additional maintenance access hole improvement in late 2022 to early 2023.
Environmental Services has resumed construction on a project to improve the function of the Taggart Outfall sewer tunnel. Last year crews repaired 3,700 feet of sewer pipe inside the tunnel. This year crews will modify an existing maintenance hole to improve its function during high rainfall events.
NW Westover Road Sewer Repairs
Sewer and Stormwater
Active
Construction began in September 2022 and will continue through the Spring of 2023.
Environmental Services continues construction on a project to build almost 1,600 feet of public sewer improvements in NW Westover Road, NW Summit Avenue, and NW Lovejoy Street. This project will reduce risks of basement sewer backups and street flooding.
NE 33rd Drive Pump Station Upgrades Project
Sewer and Stormwater
Active
Design has just begun and construction is anticipated to begin in 2024.
Environmental Services – the City’s sewer and stormwater bureau – is designing a project to upgrade a pump station in Northeast Portland. This project will replace the existing pump station with a new larger pump station.
Project design began in 2019 and will continue through 2023. Construction is expected to begin in 2024 and should take about a year to complete.
Environmental Services is designing a project to restore about 16 acres in the Johnson Creek floodplain. The project will reconnect Johnson Creek to its historic floodplain, reduce flooding on private property, restore habitat for fish and wildlife, and improve water quality in the creek.
Ladd’s Addition Green Street and Sewer Project
Sewer and Stormwater
Active
Construction is anticipated to begin as soon as mid-September and may take about a year and a half to complete work in both Ladds Addition and Sunnyside neighborhoods.
Environmental Services will begin construction on a project that will install and upsize public sewer pipes, as well as construct green street planters, within the Ladd’s Addition neighborhood. These improvements will increase sewer capacity, relieve sewer backups, and reduce street flooding.
Crystal Springs Lake Restoration Project
Sewer and Stormwater
Active
Currently we are working with community stakeholders and technical experts to develop a design concept.
Environmental Services, in partnership with Portland Parks & Recreation, is designing a project to improve habitat for salmon and other native fish at Crystal Springs Lake in Southeast Portland.
Johnson Creek Oxbow Restoration Project
Sewer and Stormwater
Active
The project is in the early design phases. Construction is expected to begin in 2024 or 2025.
This project will restore habitat and reconnect Johnson Creek and Errol Creek with their natural floodplains. It will help protect endangered salmon, improve water quality, provide habitat for birds and other wildlife, and reduce flood risk in the surrounding neighborhood.
Lower Northwest Sewer and Stormwater Project
Sewer and Stormwater
Active
The overall project is still in the early investigation and evaluation phases. Engineering design work will begin in 2022 and will potentially be completed in the spring of 2024. Construction will begin sometime after the end of design.
The Lower Northwest Sewer and Stormwater project will replace or repair aging sewer pipes in the Northwest and Pearl districts. This project will protect the public and the environment by reducing the possibility of street flooding and sewage releases to homes, businesses and streets.
Council Crest Sewer and Stormwater Project
Sewer and Stormwater
Active
This project is in the early planning phase. Design for the project will likely not begin until 2022. Construction is not expected until 2023 or later.
Environmental Services is in the planning phases of a project in the Hillsdale and SW Hills Neighborhoods, just south of Council Crest. The project will repair aging public sewer pipes, improve stormwater management, and support healthy habitat.
Sheridan Trunk Sewer Project-Duniway Park
Sewer and Stormwater
Active
Construction is currently scheduled to begin March 2025 and will take about a year to complete.
Environmental Services is designing a project to repair or replace several hundred feet of aging, large-diameter public sewer pipes in Duniway Park. Having provided over 100 years of service, the pipes require repairs to maintain reliable sewer service and protect public health and the environment.
Woods Trunk Sewer Project
Sewer and Stormwater
Active
Construction is expected to begin in spring 2024 and take about seven months to complete.
Environmental Services is designing a project to repair 1,700 feet of aging, large-diameter brick sewer pipes in South Portland. Having provided over 125 years of service, the pipes require repairs to maintain reliable sewer service and protect public health and the environment.
Sunnyside South Green Street and Sewer Project
Sewer and Stormwater
Active
Construction is ongoing and should be completed in the Sunnyside and Ladds Addition neighborhoods by spring of 2024.
Environmental Services is constructing a project that will install and upsize public sewer pipes, as well as construct green street planters, in the Sunnyside neighborhood. These improvements will increase sewer capacity, relieve sewer backups, and reduce street flooding.
Cedar Crossing Restoration Project
Sewer and Stormwater
Active
Construction began in June of this year and is complete. Revegetation will occur in early 2023.
The City of Portland's Bureau of Environmental Services has completed construction of a project to reconnect Johnson Creek with its floodplain near SE Deardorff Road. The project is part of a broad city effort to improve habitat conditions and reduce the impacts of flooding.
Springwater Wetlands and Floodplain Restoration Project
Sewer and Stormwater
Active
Design for the project began in Fall 2019. Construction is expected to begin in the Spring of 2025 and will take up to a year and a half to complete.
Environmental Services is designing a project to enhance wetlands on about 70 acres along the Springwater Corridor Trail. The project will reduce the risk of flooding to homes, businesses and streets.
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