Construction

Mt. Tabor Yard serves as the central dispatch for PP&R maintenance and nursery services for over 160 employees who are responsible for maintaining parks facilities and services across the city.

Construction at the Washington Park Reservoir started in 2016 and will continue until 2025. Read on for the most recent update.

The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) is updating the street design of NE Glisan Street from NE 102nd to 162nd avenues. This project modifies how space is allocated on NE Glisan to create new safe places to cross the street, new biking facilities, and other elements.

A Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) project improving access to several Title 1 schools. Includes new sidewalks and crosswalks on SE Duke and Flavel streets, a neighborhood greenway on Knapp/Ogden streets, and a new signalized crossing of SE 82nd Avenue.

New traffic signals at: SW Naito Parkway & SW Whitaker St, SE 52nd Ave & SE Woodstock St, NE MLK Blvd & NE Going St, E Burnside St & SE 16th Ave, SE Washington St & SE 86th Ave, SE 148th Ave & SE Main St, NE Glisan St & NE 113th Ave, plus street lighting on NE Glisan St from NE 82nd-162nd

Thanks to funding from System Development Charges, Parklane Park will be expanded from 5 acres to 25 acres.

The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) is constructing a series of design changes on the Tillamook-Hancock Neighborhood Greenway between NE 28th and NE 62nd avenues. Phase 1 from N Flint to NE 28th was completed in 2019.

This project will improve conditions pedestrians and people biking by reducing vehicle speeding, reducing auto traffic volumes, upgrading crossings of busy streets, and creating new connections to existing bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure on or near SW and NW 20th Ave.

The Hazel Ying Lee Aparments, a new multifamily construction project from Home Forward, will create 206 affordable rental units in Creston-Kenilworth.

Mill Park is a 5.7 acre park next to Mill Park Elementary that has an informal soft-surface walking trail, open lawn, and mature trees, but is otherwise undeveloped. Thanks to funding from System Development Charges, PP&R now has funds to improve this park.

The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) and the Bureau of Environmental Services (BES) are constructing street, sidewalk, stormwater and sanitary sewer improvements on N Suttle Road.

As part of this project, the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) will make critical pedestrian safety improvements to 82nd Avenue at NE Beech Street and at SE Ash Street.

In April 2021, Parks Commissioner Carmen Rubio allocated $1.75M in System Development Charges (SDCs) to add new equipment suited for toddlers and remove ADA barriers for better playground accessibility.

As part of this project, the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) will make critical safety improvements to 82nd Avenue, including improved street lighting between NE Lombard and SE Clatsop streets.

As part of this project, the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) will make critical pedestrian crossing improvements to 82nd Avenue at seven intersections between NE Klickitat and SE Lambert streets.

The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) is constructing Local Improvement District street improvements on NE 42nd Avenue, 46th Avenue, & Bryant Street. Phase 1 includes a new traffic signal, curb ramps, crosswalks, sidewalks, street lighting, and trees. Phase 2 includes additional improvements.

Home Forward will add 147 new affordable units and redevelop 40 existing homes at its family-focused Dekum Court property in Concordia.

As part of a large signals package, PBOT and the Safe Routes to School program have designated five locations where contractors will build new pedestrian traffic signals and beacons. The five intersections are located on key school walking routes across Portland.