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Portland ratifies emergency contract for US 181 wastewater reroute after engineers warn of likely failure
Summary
The City Council ratified emergency purchases Nov. 19 to install a new, cased wastewater line under US 181 after engineers found tuberculation and a section likely beginning to fail in a 15-inch gravity line that carries an estimated 70–75% of the city’s wastewater. Construction is slated to begin Dec. 2.
Portland’s City Council voted Nov. 19 to ratify emergency purchase orders totaling up to $1,608,090 for engineering and construction to install a parallel, cased wastewater line beneath U.S. 181 after staff reported signs the existing pipe was failing.
The council approved a not-to-exceed $116,600 emergency engineering purchase with LJA Engineering and a not-to-exceed $1,491,490 construction agreement with IPQ Construction LLC to install a 15-inch PVC wastewater pipe inside a 24-inch steel casing using jack-and-bore methods, and then abandon the existing line in place. “Currently Portland has a 15 inches gravity…
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