Construction

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.

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.

Environmental Services will soon 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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

Environmental Services is designing a project to enhance wetlands on about 30 acres along the Springwater Corridor Trail. The project will reduce the risk of flooding to homes, businesses and streets.

Environmental Services has designed a project in the South Portland and South Burlingame neighborhoods that will replace or repair approximately 7,108 linear feet of aging public sewer pipes that are on average 90 years old. This will help protect public health and the Willamette River Watershed.

The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) will be improving several local streets in the Cully neighborhood by paving gravel streets, adding sidewalks or walkways, or a combination. Funding comes from the Local Transportation Infrastructure Charge (LTIC) and other sources.

Environmental Services is working with the Portland Water Bureau to upgrade sewer and water pipes near the former US Postal Service site in NW Portland. The project will protect the public and the environment by increasing pipe capacity and reducing the possibility of sewage releases.

PBOT will be improving several local streets in the Tryon Creek and Stephens Creek watersheds in southwest Portland by paving gravel streets, adding sidewalks or walkways, or a combination. Funding comes from the Local Transportation Infrastructure Charge (LTIC) and other sources.

Environmental Services will be installing sewer monitoring equipment along the Portsmouth force main sewer on Swan Island. The equipment is part of a larger monitoring system that helps prevent sewage overflows to the Willamette River and keeps public sewer pipes operating efficiently and safely.