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Projects

65 projects found

Portland Industrial Land Readiness (PILR) project

Project
Planning
Active
The PILR project is a technical study of investments or policy changes that could make more of our existing industrial land ready for development. The project will inform the Economic Opportunities Analysis (EOA) and include a series of Technical Advisory Committee meetings.

Portland Monuments Project

Project
Planning
Active
January 2023 - present
Portlanders are invited to help shape the future of the city’s monuments and other works of public art.
PMP LOGO NEW

Portland Public Safety Service Area Strategic Plan

Project
Planning
Active
The Portland Public Safety Service Area Strategic Plan outlines four overarching goals for the service area.
Collage of people with TriMet bus

Portland smart water meters project

Project
Capital construction
Active
2025–2030
This multistep project will upgrade Portland’s water meters and improve the customer experience. First, we are replacing 114,000 older water meters. Then we will add digital meter reading technology that will automatically collect data from every meter, every day.

Portland Voter Education

Project
Planning
Active
In 2026, Portland voters will use ranked choice voting to elect City Councilors from Districts Three and Four and City Auditor. Learn more about ranked choice voting, city council districts and opportunities to help educate Portland voters.
Cartoon people saying "vote" in English, Spanish, Somali, Vietnamese, and Russian.

Portland’s future in governance, city organization, and facilities

Project
Planning
Active
The City of Portland is phasing out its commission form of government. This means a change in roles and responsibilities for elected officials and city organization reporting structure that require upgrades to council chambers and offices as well as code, budget, staffing and process updates.
A mural with several Black women with a podium in front of it. The podium has a sign for the portland.gov/transition website.

Public Infrastructure Environmental Code Project

Project
Planning
Active
This project will facilitate needed improvements to public infrastructure and allow for management of trees, vegetation, and other natural resources in publicly owned and maintained natural areas.
Boat dock on the Willamette River

Reconnecting Albina Planning Project (RAPP)

Project
Planning
Active
The Reconnecting Albina Planning Project is a partnership between the Albina Vision Trust and the City of Portland to create urban development strategies that center restorative development for Portland’s historic Albina communities and reconnect the physical fabric of the lower Albina neighborhood.

Regulatory Improvement Code Amendment Package 11 (RICAP 11)

Project
Planning
Active
RICAP 11 is part of an ongoing series of projects that make minor updates to Portland’s zoning regulations to remove barriers to development. The RICAP 11 proposed amendments are grouped into three themes: parking, exterior areas, and regulatory improvement.
Downtown Portland looking west

Reimagining Downtown Performing Arts

Project
Planning
In planning
The City and its partners are exploring the opportunities and challenges to the future of the Portland'5 Centers for the Arts, including Keller Auditorium, and other large-scale performing arts venues in Downtown. This work will ensure premier productions can continue long into Portland’s future.
The Keller Auditorium in downtown Portland is lit up at nighttime.

Secondary Treatment Expansion Program

Project
Capital construction
Active
Environmental Services is making the largest investment in its North Portland wastewater treatment plant in 50 years. The Secondary Treatment Expansion Program (STEP) will expand, upgrade, and replace equipment and buildings that have been in service since the 1970s.
Aerial photo of wastewater treatment plant with four areas shaded in yellow on northern end of campus to indicate project area.

South Portland Area Planning

Project
Planning
Upcoming
On hold
The Bureau of Planning and Sustainability and Portland Bureau of Transportation are working with community members to develop transportation and land use plans in South Portland, featuring a Naito Main Street Plan. This planning project is on indefinite hiatus pending transportation funding.
computer-generated image of Naito showing greenway in middle of road, sidewalks and bike lanes

Southwest in Motion

Project
Planning
Active
The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) is currently working to implement Southwest in Motion plan recommendations to improve walking and biking in Southwest Portland.
Logo reads "Southwest in Motion" with abstract figures of people walking, scootering and biking

Street Plaza Program

Project
Planning
In planning
Winter 2022/2023 - Summer 2025
The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) is developing a permanent program for public street plazas. Plazas bring vibrancy to city streets, returning space to pedestrians and offering areas for outdoor seating, events, and community activities open to all.
Community event and dancing in a colorfully painted street plaza.

Surveillance Technologies Policy

Project
Technology
Active
The City of Portland is working to protect and reinforce all human rights in the development, use, and governance of surveillance and emergent technology and ensure equal respect for and enforcement of all human rights online and offline.
Aerial view of 4-lane intersection at night, overlaid with bright colors symbolizing cars in motion

SW Corridor Inclusive Communities

Project
Planning
Open
An ongoing multi-year land use planning and community development effort to plan for healthy, connected, and inclusive communities along the SW Corridor beginning with a West Portland Town Center Plan and South Portland Area Planning
Two women of color holding sign that reads We Are Welcomers.

The Green Loop

Project
Planning
Open
It's a new way for people to be in the Central City … active, safe and fun. Whether on foot, bike or mobility device, people of all ages and abilities will be able to use the Green Loop to get to work, go for a jog, shop, eat out, play, and meet friends for lunch or a concert in a park.
Aerial view of the Green Loop

Thriving Cities Initiative Pilot Project

Project
Planning
Open
Portland is participating in a 2-year Thriving Cities Initiative (TCI) pilot where city leaders work in partnership with community members and local businesses to address unsustainable patterns of consumption and production.
Text: How can our city be a home to thriving people, in a thriving place, while respecting the wellbeing of all people, and the health of the whole planet?

Title 11 Amendment Project

Project
Planning
Active
Winter 2025
Overview of a planned Title 11 Amendment Project and timeline for completion.

Washington Park Reservoir Improvement Project

Project
Capital construction
Closed while under construction
Temporarily closed to the public
In 2021, the Water Bureau replaced original 1894 reservoirs with a new 12.4-million-gallon, seismically reinforced underground reservoir. The Washington Park Reservoir supplies water to Portland’s west side.
Showing the turquoise reflecting pool water and historic gatehouse at Washington Park Reservoir

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