Unlikely Cousins: Tram and Sewers
Maria Thi Mai
These days the Corbett Terwilliger Lair Hill (CTLH) Neighborhood is getting attention from both the Office of Transportation and Environmental Services. Construction of Portland's Aerial Tram and repair of a 100 year sewer pipe will bring road closures, heavy equipment and inconvenience to local residents.
Because we recognize that coordination between the tram and sewer project are critical, Sam held a Tram/Sewer Open House with local residents earlier this week. He listened and answered questions such as, "how will traffic be diverted?" and "will I have access to my driveway?" Click here to find answers to these sewer questions and more. Tram questions focused on community improvements, lights, costs, and other concers. Download 061206_tram_open_qa_updated.doc Download Click here to find answers to tram related questions. Click here to view a preliminary estimate for undergrounding the Pacificorp transmission line on SW Corbett from the substation at SW Whitaker to SW Grover Ave.
The 100 year old sewer line that failed unfortunately is not a unique situation. We have 100 year old sewer lines in all parts of the city and just like a 100 year old house, it needs periodic maintenance. By extending our debt, we can provide relief to backlog maintenance needs such as the Woods Street sewer line. Environmental Services is doing their best to provide enough maintenance that avoids costly repairs while not over-maintaining.
In the meantime, we are looking at a lot of construction in the CTLH Neighborhood. We will work with you to keep impacts manageable but this is major construction. There will be noise, dust, and detours as we do our work. Please post any other questions or comments below.
Posted by Maria Thi Mai on June 13, 2006
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It is really a paradox to drive through our CTLH neighborhood, along SW Barbur, along SW Corbett, west end of Ross Island bridge and our side streets and see an above ground 18" sewer pipe carrying the sewer waste from OHSU above; then see the $260M plus(true life cycle cost) tram towers looming over our homes.
At least two years of crap flowing above ground by our homes says Adams, but the city ignores its citizens to build a tram serving only a few of OHSU users; and over 68% of OHSU employees didn't even want the tram in PDC's own survey of OHSU employees. Absurb Paradox.
Posted by: lw | Jun 16, 2006 9:16:30 PM
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100 year old pipes don't require "periodic maintenance". They require replacement.
This sewer line should have been replaced before it failed.
Perhaps the money spent on previous "Linchpins" should have been spent on the timely replacement of this sewer pipe.
Perhaps the Tram and future emergency sewer repairs are more closely related than anyone would care to admit.
Posted by: Gecko | Jun 14, 2006 6:39:22 PM