West Linn public works previews 2025 projects including a 6,000-foot water-main replacement

Public works staff presented a lookahead for 2025 construction and maintenance projects and described plans for outreach to affected residents.

City Engineer and Public Works Director Eric Lice said the biggest near-term capital effort will be a waterline replacement project that will replace roughly "6,000 feet of new water main"—upgrading old cast-iron and asbestos-cement lines to industry-standard ductile iron. He said the work will relocate mains into the public right-of-way where possible and that door-hanger notices have been distributed to affected property owners for utility locating and upcoming survey work.

Lice outlined the summer road program, targeted repairs on Upper Mid Hill and Rosemont, and a sidewalk infill project (9th Street) that has required design work to avoid wetlands and meet ADA and slope constraints. He also described corridor and pedestrian-safety studies (Osman Road, Cornwall/Oxford intersections) and safe-routes-to-school coordination with the school district.

On the operations facility site, staff are completing wetland delineation and geotechnical borings; Lice said state lands review may take about 120 days and that design will proceed after concurrence. Councilors and staff discussed coordination with an ODOT Highway 43 project and the importance of early resident outreach to minimize surprises.

Next steps: staff will provide project lists and timelines to neighborhood associations, update the city project web page during construction, and return with contract and bid schedules once designs are finalized.