EDITORIAL
2 • The Southwest Portland Post
February 2009
Capitol Hill Road neighbors lobby for traffic calming, speed bumps
FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK
By Don Snedecor
The Southwest Portland Post
Southwest Capitol Hill Road stretches
between Barbur Boulevard and Bertha
Boulevard, creating a borderline between
the Hillsdale and Multnomah neighbor-
hoods. But neighbors Lisa Broten and
Mellani Calvin say that with no side-
walks, speed bumps are needed along the
narrow cut-through to slow traffi c down
for the safety of residents and visitors.
Broten and Calvin spoke to the
Multnomah Neighborhood Association
on January 13 at the Multnomah Center.
“We were really hoping that the City
would follow through on their promise
to have someone at that meeting tonight
so that more folks could see their two
proposals,” said Calvin.
“Many of the folks on our street had
heard that Capitol Hill Road had become
eligible for speed tables [long fl attened
bumps] but we sure could use some
‘spreading of the word,’ said Calvin.
According to Will Stevens of the Port-
land Offi ce of Transportation (PDOT),
what the neighbors need is approval of
both Hillsdale and Multnomah neighbor-
hoods, along with a super-majority (67
percent) of home owners that live along
this road.
But that isn’t all. Once the community
has approved the speed bump program,
then the folks have to raise the money
themselves—approximately $2200 per
bump. Nine to 11 bumps are planned.
“Hillsdale has given us their support
already and as you know, we’re hoping
for a vote next month in Multnomah,”
said Calvin.
That Multnomah meeting will be
held on Tuesday, February 10 at the
Multnomah Center. Stevens or another
PDOT representative is scheduled to
make a presentation on the Capitol Hill
Road traffi c calming plan at that time. It
should be noted that only the residents
who live along the western side of Capitol
Hill Road (who live in Multnomah) will
be eligible to vote on this item. Please see
photo on Page 4 of this issue.
Fanno Pressure Sewer Line
scheduled to be replaced along
Multnomah Blvd
As Yogi Berra used to say, it’s déjà vu all
over again. After installing a brand new
pressure sewer line underneath South-
west Multnomah Boulevard and Garden
Home Road in 2000, the City of Portland
Bureau of Environmental Services says
that the entire section needs be replaced.
According to Dan Hebert, BES project
manager, the project is scheduled to break
ground in August or September of this
year, construction would continue until
October 2010.
The Multnomah section is a 30-inch
PVC plastic pipe. The Garden Home
section is a 32-inch HDPE plastic pipe.
Hebert steel pipe will be used in both
sections instead.
In 2000, the City of Portland fi nished
construction on the Fanno pump station,
the Fanno Pressure Line, and a gravity
sewer line in Southwest Vermont Street
at a total cost of $18 million. The Fanno
projects replaced a system that relied on
fi ve old pump stations.
After numerous pipeline breaks in 2005,
2006 and 2008, BES deactivated the Fanno
Pump Station and pressure sewer and
began diverting the fl ow to a gravity line
that conveys wastewater to the Durham
Treatment Plant in Washington County.
The city is seeking to recover costs from
companies responsible for the design and
construction of that line that has failed.
The Multnomah Boulevard project
area, which would be constructed in
2009, stretches between Southwest 69 th
and 31 st avenues. BES has requested a
variance which would allow them to do
construction during the hours of 7:00 p.m.
to 6:00 a.m.
A hearing on the noise variance applica-
tion will be held on Wednesday, February
11, at 6:00 p.m. at 1900 SW 4 th Avenue. For
more information, please contact Stephen
Sykes at 503-823-7898 or stephen.sykes@
bes.ci.portland.or.us.
Water Bureau seeks public input in
replacing Fulton Pump Station
According to Tim Hall with the City
of Portland Water Bureau, the Fulton
Drinking Water Pump Station—located
on SW Nevada Street between Macadam
and Virginia avenues is nearly 100 years
old and needs to be replaced.
Water bureau literature explains that
the existing facility “is critical to the City’s
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