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Irving Park Stormwater Project

Sewer and Stormwater
Active
Major construction is complete.
Environmental Services and Portland Parks & Recreation collaborated 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.

Lair Hill Neighborhood Traffic Access Management Project

Transportation
Engineering And Design
Implementation Test Winter 2019 to Summer 2020
This nine-month pilot project reduced cut-through traffic in the Lair Hill area south of downtown, keeping regional car traffic heading east on the Ross Island Bridge on safer routes. The project limited through-traffic on narrow residential streets from Dec. 16, 2019 through Sept. 1, 2020.

Force Avenue Pump Station Project

Sewer and Stormwater
Active
Design continues. Construction of the new pump station is anticipated to begin in December of 2025 and take up to a year and a half to complete.
Environmental Services is designing a project to remodel the 51-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.
Final pavement restoration will occur in August.
Environmental Services completed construction of public sewer repairs in SW Washington Street in 2022. Final pavement restoration in August of 2024 will complete the project.

SW Market-Madison Sewer Project

Sewer and Stormwater
Active
Construction began in June 2024 and will take a year and a half to complete.
Environmental Services is constructing 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, pipes require repairs to reduce the risks of basement flooding and sewage releases to downtown buildings and streets.

Lower Northwest Sewer Capacity Project

Sewer and Stormwater
Active
This project is in the design stage and construction is paused until fall of 2028.
Environmental Services is designing a project that will upgrade public sewer and stormwater pipes and install new water quality treatment vaults in Northwest Portland. This project will protect the public and the environment by reducing street flooding and sewage releases to homes and businesses.