Construction

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 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.

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.

Environmental Services is designing a project to replace approximately 450 feet of public sewer pipe and install a sanitary lift station on S Terwilliger Boulevard just north of S Northgate Avenue. Unstable ground conditions pose a risk of the pipe failing. This project will address this.

Environmental Services will begin construction soon on a project that will install and upsize public sewer pipes and construct green street planters in the Buckman and Kerns neighborhoods. These improvements will increase sewer capacity, relieve sewer backups, and help reduce street flooding.

The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) will be improving several local streets in the Division-Midway area 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 installing and updating sewer monitor boxes throughout Portland. The boxes contain equipment that collect sewer levels and flow rates needed to maintain reliable sewer service and prevent sewage releases into buildings, streets, and waterways.

Environmental Services is designing a project to repair a section of large concrete sewer pipe running from Barbur Boulevard under Interstate 5 to Macadam Avenue. The "Carolina Trunk" sewer pipe was built almost 90 years ago and is in need of repair to prevent sewer and stormwater overflows.

Environmental Services is designing a stormwater management project in the Portsmouth neighborhood to reduce the amount of pollution entering the Columbia Slough. This project is part of a larger effort to improve water and sediment quality in the Columbia Slough.

Environmental Services—your sewer and stormwater utility—is designing a project to replace an aging culvert underneath a driveway of Fred’s Marina. The new culvert will improve water quality, remove invasive vegetation, and restore important fish passage and habitat.

Environmental Services is in the design phase of the Hillsdale Middle Sewer Project. This project will repair or replace approximately 11,897 feet of aging public sewer pipes throughout the neighborhood. Taking these actions now will help protect public health and the environment.

Environmental Services is designing a project to expand and remodel the 44-year-old NE 6th Drive Pump Station in the East Columbia neighborhood. The upgrades will modernize equipment, increase system capacity, and protect public health and the environment.