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Sustainability
Rosie Completes Tunneling
Big Pipe project
ahead of
schedule
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EM M A N U EL
C h u rch o f G od in
C h rist U nited
4800 NE 30th Ave. Port­
land OR 97211
Rosie, the 530-ton tunnel boring machine that the City of Portland
is using for its East Side Big Pipe project has completed its
tunneling 4 months ahead of schedule. The tunnel will manage
rain runoff and keep combined sewer overflows out of the
Willamette River.
B alch C o n so lid atio n C onduit, the W illa m e tte R iv e r an a v e ra g e o f
S ellw ood W et W eather Pum p S ta­ o n c e e v e ry th re e su m m e rs and
tion, the Portsm outh Force M ain, fo u r tim e s e a c h w in te r, in ste a d o f
and Phase 2 o f the Sw an Island C SO e v e ry tim e it ra in s.
Pum p Station.
T h e e n tire 2 0 -y e a r co m b in ed
W h en c o n stru c tio n is co m p le te sew er overflow s program w ill cost
in D ecem ber 2011, P o rtlan d ’s co m ­ P ortland sew er ratepayers an esti­
b in e d s e w e rs w ill o v e rflo w to th e m ated $1.4 billion.
City Expanding Greenway
The w alking jo g g in g and cycling
path that links com m unities along
the W illam ette R iver w ill expand in
N orth Portland.
A 6 - a c r e a d d itio n to th e
W i 1 lam ette R iver G reenw ay w i 11 al­
low the city to build m ore than one-
third m ile o f trail north o f the St.
Jo h n ’s B ridge, at N orth C atlin A v ­
enue and N orth D ecatur Street.
M etro, the C ity o f P ortland Parks
& R ecreation, and the B ureau o f
E nvironm ental Services c o lla b o ­
rated to purchase the land in A u ­
gust for $1.19 m illion. C osts w ere
split equally am ong three sources:
regional funds from M etro ’s voter-
approved 2006 natural areas bond
m easure, the c ity ’s local allocation
from the M etro bond m easure, and
the c ity ’s G rey to G reen initiative.
M etro and the city have m ade
sig n ifican t p ro g ress this su m m er in
the B altim o re W oods C o n n ec tiv ­
ity C o rrid o r, the nam e c o m m u n ity
ad v o cates gave a m issin g p iece o f
the g reen w ay betw een C athedral
and Pier parks. Less than h a lf a m ile
from the n ew acq u isitio n , the city
re c e n tly p u rc h a se d a c lu ste r o f
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Support for you, your business, and your home
R o sie, th e 5 3 0 -to n tu n n e l b o r­
ing m a c h in e , h as fin ish e d tu n n e l­
ing on th e E ast S id e B ig P ip e
p ro je c t. T h e E ast S ide B ig P ip e is
p art o f P o rtla n d ’s p ro g ra m to c o n ­
tro l c o m b in e d se w e r o v e rflo w s ,
an d is the la rg e st p u b lic in fra ­
s tru c tu re p ro je c t in P o r tla n d ’s
h is to ry .
R osie started w orking in S eptem ­
b e r 2 0 0 7 . It b o re d in to th e
M cL oughlin shaft on O ct. 18 to
com plete tunneling about 4 m onths
ahead o f schedule.
W ork is beginning now to p re­
pare the nearly 6-m ile long, 2 2-foot
d iam eter pipe for activation. The
tunnel w ill be ready to a ccep t co m ­
bined sew age by late next sum m er.
T he $426-m illion project is the
largest sew er construction project
in P ortland history.
E nvironm ental Services is w o rk ­
ing to com plete several other sew er
o v e rflo w p ro je c ts in c lu d in g the
A 6-acre addition
à
three p ro p e rtie s to talin g one acre -
s u p p o rte d by a c o m b in a tio n o f
fu n d in g , in clu d in g a g ran t from
M e tro ’s N atu re in N eig h b o rh o o d s
p ro g ram , the C ity ’s sh are o f n atu ­
ral area b o n d funds and the C ity ’s
G rey to G reen p rogram .
“ By co m b in in g o u r energy and
resources, th e M etro C ouncil, the
C ity and co m m u n ity supporters are
m aking a real d ifference for N orth
Portland. T o d a y ’s investm ents lay
the g ro u n d w o rk for m any w o n d er­
ful w alks and bike rides,” said M etro
C ouncilor Rex Burkholder, w ho rep­
resents D istrict 5. H e celebrated
p rogress in the area on Saturday, at
a c o m m u n ity e v e n t h o s te d by
Friends o f B altim ore W oods.
“This acquisition is a w in-w in for
the c o m m u n ity ,” said C ity Parks
C om m issioner N ick Fish. “T hrough
our partnership w ith M etro and BES,
w e ’ve been able to preserve an im ­
portant natural area and add a vital
p ie c e o f th e W illa m e tte R iv e r
G reenw ay trail.”
A s th e g r e e n w a y e x p a n d s
through N orth Portland, it w ill serve
residents and w orkers in the St.
Johns tow n center, connecting them
w ith central Portland and beyond.
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