Please see below for info and details on the project related street closures on West Main Street:
West Main Street project weekly update (3/9):
Sewer updates:
- Starting next Monday night (3/9), Lawson’s subcontractor Iron Horse will be starting their injection grouting work in the downtown area. This will be night work. They are estimating 2-3 nights will be needed. Ron will be on site for all the work. I’ll be out there on Monday for the start of it as well.
- A different Iron Horse team will be returning on April 6, to do the lining of the downtown sewer. This should take about a week. Again, it will be night work, and Ron will be there as the inspector.
- Finally, a third Iron Horse team will be completing the trenchless work in late April / early May by installing the final cleanouts in the sidewalk and lining the sewer laterals. Assume roughly a week of night work for this as well, and we’ll let you know when we get a firmer date.
- Obviously, it would be nice to get these three portions of work done closer together, but it’s different equipment for each piece of work and apparently scheduled separately. The upside is that it spreads out the impact for restaurants and businesses downtown that might be impacted by overnight road detours. The last batch of trenchless work will likely happen after everything else on the project is complete, but since it doesn’t hold up paving, I don’t see it as a major issue.
Water updates:
- Next week, water services on Grant St between Carr and Yamhill will be getting switched over to the new main. Public Works is handling the final connection on the customer side. The switchovers will be Tuesday 3/10 through Thursday 3/12. Houses swill briefly be without water when the switch is made, but I’m guessing it will be less than an hour per location.
- Lawson will be shutting down the existing water main at Carr and Grant on Monday, 3/16 to switch over to the new main. This shutdown will last the full working day and will impact houses on Grant, between Cunningham and Carr, and on Carr between Grant and Main. About 7 houses will be impacted. Lawson will put out doorhangers next week.
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Estimated long-term schedule is outlined below. All dates are subject to adjustment based on work progress and field conditions.
- March 2026 – Trenchless rehabilitation of existing sewer on Main Street, between Yamhill and Pine Streets.
- February and March 2026 – new sidewalk on west side of Cunningham Street. New sidewalks on north side of Main Street, between Cunningham and Yamhill Streets. Repaving of north lane of Main Street, between Cunningham and Yamhill Streets. Repaving of Grant Street between Cunningham and Pine Streets. Paving is weather dependent and may occur later if adequately dry and warm weather is not available.
Additional Project Details-
Overnight closures: the sewer replacement work on Grant Street is limited to the hours of 8am to 5pm. During these hours, through traffic is stopped for the one-block length of street under construction. The contractor has requested permission at some locations to maintain a road closure overnight. These overnight road closures stop traffic for a single short section of the block, located between driveways to ensure that all residents still have access to their homes.
These overnight closures let the contractor to leave some equipment in place overnight. By reducing setup time at the beginning and end of each day, the contractor has more productive hours between 8am and 5pm. The City has approved this approach because more productive hours mean the project will be done more quickly and reduce overall impacts to residents. Specific overnight closure locations are being reviewed on a case-by-case basis, and if issues are noted at specific locations, changes will be made.
When there is a closure on your street, you will receive a “door hanger” with contact information for the contractor, and you can always let them know if an overnight closure is impacting access to your home or business. The contractor will maintain pedestrian access overnight whenever possible. Please be careful when you’re near a construction area, even outside of construction hours, and do not cross into areas marked by yellow caution tape.
Also please note, street paving and sidewalk installation is weather dependent and may not happen until March of 2026.