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Water bureau seeks authority to begin eminent domain negotiations for Upper Drive water main replacement
Summary
Portland Water Bureau staff asked the Finance Committee to authorize initiation of negotiations — including eminent domain if necessary — to acquire easements for an approximately 590‑foot water main replacement on Southwest Upper Drive, citing an 80‑year galvanized main, past breaks and the absence of a recorded easement.
The Portland Water Bureau asked the Finance Committee on Monday for authority to initiate negotiations, and if necessary to use eminent domain, to acquire permanent and temporary easements for a water main replacement project on Southwest Upper Drive.
Ken Ackerman, interim chief engineer at the Water Bureau, told the committee the existing 2‑inch galvanized main was built about 80 years ago inside a private roadway without a recorded easement, has worn out and has…
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