Environmental Services expects to begin construction next week on a project to repair or replace over 15,000 feet (almost 3 miles) of public sewer pipes in your neighborhood that are on average 85 years old and in deteriorating condition. The project will also repair or add more than 2,000 feet of service laterals that connect houses and businesses from the curb to the public sewer in the street. This project will protect the public and the environment by reducing the possibility of sewage releases to homes, businesses and streets.
A project map is available on the webpage atwww.portlandoregon.gov/bes/woki.
The city will use a combination of open trench construction and Cured-in-Place-Pipe-lining (CIPP). Details about each construction method are available at www.portlandoregon.gov/bes/methods.
DEVELOPMENTS OF NOTE
Beginning next week, crews will start replacing small sections of deteriorating sewer pipe to prepare for larger cured-in-place pipe lining (CIPP). Over the next few weeks work will include:
- Spot repairs on N Williams Avenue / NE Cleveland Avenue Alley between NE Highland and NE Holman streets.
- A spot repair on N Williams Avenue / NE Cleveland Avenue Alley between NE Ainsworth and NE Jarrett streets.
- A spot repair on N Williams Avenue / NE Cleveland Avenue Alley between NE Jarrett and NE Jessup streets.
- A spot repair on N Williams Avenue / NE Cleveland Avenue Alley between NE Jessup and NE Killingsworth streets.
- Service branch connections located adjacent to each spot repair will also be replaced.
