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No work is planned Saturday August 30-Monday September 1 in observance of Labor Day.
Traffic impacts
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Altman Road (between Pipeline Road and Oxbow Drive) through end of October: Road closure Tuesday through Saturday during work hours with signed detours for through traffic to use Oxbow Drive or Lusted Road. School buses and emergency vehicles will be flagged through the work area as needed. Flaggers will provide local residents access from Lusted Road. Outside of work hours, the road will be open to one-way northbound-only traffic.
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Dodge Park Boulevard (east of Cottrell Road to east of Altman Road) through end of October: Flagged two-way traffic Tuesday through Saturday to install new water pipeline in the public right-of-way on the south side of the road. Normal traffic will resume outside of work hours. Note that a full closure of Dodge Park Boulevard is planned in October to allow for construction of pipeline crossings.
What to expect:
- Flaggers and temporary traffic controls to direct traffic
- Surveyors working in the public right-of-way
- Local and emergency access will be maintained
Proceed with caution
3. Cottrell Road south of Dodge Park Boulevard: We're aware of the uneven road surface (a dip) on Cottrell Road between Dodge Park Boulevard and Bluff Road. We're planning to repave the road in mid-September. Signs with lights have been added to alert drivers in the interim. Please use caution when driving through this section of the road. Cottrell Road north of Lusted Road will resume being used as a haul route.
Other work happening the week of September 1
Staff will be at the project work sites during shift hours to perform various tasks. Work hours will be between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday.
Filtration facility site activities include:
- Increased concrete and other construction truck traffic traveling to and from the site
- Off-hauling soils on weekdays to permitted locations using approved haul routes, including to a location off Lusted Road near Cottrell Road
- Delivering pipe, rebar, and other equipment and materials to the site
- Installing large-diameter piping and completing rebar formwork and initial concrete pours for treatment process areas
- Installing and encasing underdrain piping for treatment process buildings
- Excavating and preparing subgrade for non-process buildings
- Excavating and preparing subgrade for overflow pond concrete
- As needed street sweeping
- Ongoing 24/7 site security
- Excavating finished water pipeline connection on City property north of Carpenter Lane
- Excavating pipeline shaft at southeast corner of facility site
Finished water pipeline site activities include:
- Installing new water pipeline in public right-of-way along south side of Dodge Park Boulevard
- Ongoing stormwater management and erosion control
- As needed street sweeping
Finished water intertie site activities include:
- Remobilizing construction equipment
- Ongoing stormwater management and erosion control
Raw water tunnel/pipeline site activities include:
- Surveyors working along Lusted Road near the county line
- Delivering equipment and materials to the site
- Excavating raw water pipeline portal
- Ongoing stormwater management and erosion control
Work schedules are subject to change depending on weather and other field conditions. For the latest, please visit: portland.gov/filtrationconstruction.
Bull Run Filtration: coffee with the contractor
The Water Bureau will host an informal drop-in session where project neighbors can chat with representatives of the construction teams, ask questions, and hear about recent progress and upcoming work. There is no presentation, so stop in anytime between 9 and 10:30 a.m.
Date: Thursday, September 11, 2025
Time: 9-10:30 a.m.
Where: Multnomah County Grange #71, 30639 SE Bluff Road, Gresham
Can't make this neighbor update meeting? Join us at the next in-person event October 9.
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The Bull Run Filtration Project will remove Cryptosporidium and other contaminants from the Bull Run water supply, producing cleaner, safer water for the one million people who use our water now and for future generations. The project is required by the federal Safe Drinking Water Act and must be in operation by September 30, 2027, through a bilateral compliance agreement with the Oregon Health Authority.
To learn more, visit portland.gov/water/filtration.
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