Thanksgiving Day: Troubled bridge over Clackamas waters to reopen!

The 82nd Drive/Park Place pedestrian bridge is expected to open on Thanksgiving Day. It carries an essential wastewater pipeline.

Tune-up the bicycle and find your walking shoes! A favorite pedestrian crossing over the Clackamas River is about to reopen after a two-year closure.

Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 27) is the target for reopening the 82nd Drive/Park Place Bridge between Gladstone and Oregon City. That's when major repairs on the span will be completed. A ceremony officially reopening the span is being planned for the spring, but expect the bridge to be back in business for public use this week.

“Mowat Construction of Clackamas is completing the repair job on time and within its budget,” says Ted Kyle of Clackamas County's Water Environment Services. The bridge carries an essential pipeline linking North Clackamas County sewer lines to the Tri-City Water Pollution Control Plant in Oregon City. It is part of the RiverHealth Phase 1 project to expand sewage treatment capacity for homes and businesses in Clackamas County Service District No. 1 (CCSD #1).

“We know the public is eager for this work to be completed. The Board of County Commissioners is delighted this phase of the project went smoothly and the public can once again enjoy this important pedestrian and bicycle access across the river,” says Lynn Peterson, Board Chair.

The bridge was closed two years ago after an arson-caused fire damaged the former highway crossing.

Watch work progress by visiting the Bridge Construction photo gallery.

Tall construction crane comes to Tri-City

Work started in September on expansion of the Tri-City treatment plant in Oregon City.

Drivers on Interstate 205 are craning their necks to watch a tall construction crane being erected at the Tri-City Water Pollution Control plant in Oregon City. That's what is happening in the narrow strip of land between I-205 and the Clackamas River.

In September, workers for Slayden Construction Group, Inc., of Stayton, Oregon started the early stages of expansion at Tri-City, which serves sanitary sewer customers of Oregon City, Gladstone and West Linn. The expansion is being funded by ratepayers in the north part of the county, customers of Clackamas County Service District No. 1 (CCSD #1).

The Clackamas County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) approved a contract in August for increasing plant treatment capacity, which will meet CCSD #1's needs through 2015 and make additional treatment services available for the Tri-City district. The early work package includes mobilization, excavation, yard piping, foundations and piling construction.

Watch progress at the site by visiting the Tri-City Plant Construction photo gallery.

Watch videos about the project at Construction Update Videos.

Water Environment Services
A Department of Clackamas County

** New Address and Phone ** 
  150 Beavercreek Rd.
  Suite 430
  Oregon City, OR 97045
  503-742-4567

CCSD #1 Wastewater Intertie 2 pipeline routing study nears completion

Water Environment Services (WES) is studying possible routes for a new wastewater pipeline connecting sections of North Clackamas County to the Tri-City Water Pollution Control Plant in Oregon City. An engineering study that began with a dozen alternate routes is nearing completion.

Miss the Open Houses? Check out WES' routing study at Intertie 2 Facts on the www.Riverhealth.org Web site. Materials from the open house are posted on this Web page. (See links at the left.)

The public is invited to submit comments until November 30. Comments will be included as part of the public record. Submit them to Feedback on the Web site.

The Clackamas County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) has authorized construction of the Intertie 2 project as part of an investment to expand the sewage collection and treatment capacity for residents and businesses in Clackamas County Service District No. 1 (CCSD #1). The first pipeline segment, extending north from Tri-City, was started and completed earlier this year (2008). The engineering study focuses on the north end of the system.

In January 2009, after the public has reviewed the options, the BCC will select the pipeline route, with engineering design and construction to follow. The pipeline project will be completed in the fall of 2010.

Known as the RiverHealth Capacity Management Plan Phase 1, the pipeline, as well as improvements at the Kellogg Creek Water Pollution Control Plant in Milwaukie and at the Tri-City facility, is part of the broad mission to protect public health and the health of the Willamette River in Clackamas County.

The Intertie 2 Facts section of the Web site essentially is a virtual open house. It's part of a new E-Government policy developed by the BCC designed to make it easier for the County to provide information and gather public comments.

“With the recent groundbreaking at the Tri-City Plant in Oregon City, improvements to the Kellogg Creek Plant in Milwaukie, and this pipeline project, we are well on our way to meeting the sewage treatment needs of our residents; a key ingredient to sustaining our local economy” said BCC Chair Lynn Peterson.

Moving day for WES arrives, new hours start, phone numbers change

WES’ business office moved this week to the new Development Services Building in Oregon City.

Effective Monday, November 24 the business office for the Department of Water Environment Services (WES) is located at the new Development Services Building (DSB) on the county's Red Soils Campus located at 150 Beavercreek Road in Oregon City.

WES was one of the last county departments vacating the Sunnybrook Service Center near the Clackamas Promenade. The move is part of the county's long-range plan to consolidate services on one campus.

All office telephones will keep the same (503) area code and final four digits, but the prefix will change from 353 to 742. For example, the WES Customer Service number will change from (503) 353-4567 to (503) 742-4567.

And, the WES business office along with many other county offices; has started operating new hours. A new four-day workweek has gone into effect, with the WES lobby open to the public 7:00 AM to 5:30 PM Monday-Thursday. Plant and Lab operation continue to be staffed on the old schedules at the Kellogg Creek and Tri-City treatment facilities.