Construction

Environmental Services – your sewer and stormwater bureau – is currently engaged in a pilot project that would extend an existing Local Improvement District (LID) and create stormwater treatment and management infrastructure to serve approximately 20 properties.

Environmental Services is conducting urgent repairs on two force mains inside the Ankeny Pump Station located under the west end of the Burnside Bridge. These repairs will protect public health and the environment by reducing the chance of sewer overflows to Waterfront Park and the Willamette River.

Environmental Services is developing the Piedmont Priority Outfalls Plan. This planning effort will protect public health and the environment by identifying ways to reduce pollutants in stormwater entering the Columbia Slough.

Environmental Services is designing a project to repair multiple sewer lateral connections from private properties to the main sewer line. This project will reduce the risks of basement sewer backups, flooding, and emergency repairs in the future.

Environmental Services is designing a project to replace the main sewer line on N Gantenbein Avenue. Sections of the pipe are over 120 years old and in deteriorating condition. This project will reduce the risks of basement sewer backups, flooding, and emergency repairs in the future.

Environmental Services will be constructing a project to upgrade the 41-year-old Lombard Pump Station in North Portland and repair 4,800 feet of forcemain. The improvements will accommodate growth and future demands on the sewer system. Improved reliability, and safety will protect public health.

Environmental Services is constructing a project to extend the public sewer 50 feet in SW 11th Avenue between SW Taylors Ferry Road and SW Carson Street. This will resolve a nonconforming sewer connection and provide one property an independent connection to the public sewer.

Environmental Services is designing a project at the Port of Portland to replace the Alderwood Pump Station, located at 7209 NE Alderwood Road. The pump station, constructed in 1984, is 40 years old and needs to be replaced to meet standards for operations, safety, and pumping capacity.

Environmental Services is designing a project to repair large-diameter trunk sewer pipes near Interstate-5 and N Interstate Ave. This project will reduce the risks of basement sewer backups, flooding, and emergency repairs in the future.

Bureau of Environmental Services (BES) is designing a project to extend the public sewer system in N Winchell and N Watts Streets east of Fenwick Avenue. This work is part of the City’s ongoing effort to provide a way to directly and independently connect to the public sewer system.