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Our Opinion: Get ready, because there’s construction ahead

Work on Tualatin-Sherwood Road is sure to be a nuisance. But the payoff will last longer. And as work continues to build a massive new pipeline system from the Willamette River in Wilsonville up to...
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Willamette River water project gains federal Aid

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is awarding two sizable loans that will be used to help pay for $1.3 billion in Willamette Water Supply System improvements. One loan for $388 million is being awarded to...
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Public invited to learn more about Cornelius Pass Road widening

Southeast Cornelius Pass Road in Hillsboro is set to be widened in the early to mid-2020s. While the construction project won't break ground for about three more years, the Washington County Department of Land Use & Transportation...
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EPA Clears $640M in WIFIA Loans for $1.3B Oregon Water Project

The Environmental Protection Agency has approved two new loans, totaling $640 million, for a major water-supply infrastructure program in western Oregon. The loan approvals, announced on Aug. 19, are part of EPA’s Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation...
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$640M federal loan awarded for Willamette Water project

Money to Tualatin Valley Water District and Hillsboro accounts for about half of the $1.2B price tag. A federal loan of $640 million will enable the Tualatin Valley Water District and several Washington County cities...
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Chicken Creek project to create Tualatin River wetland

Work at the National Wildlife Refuge is focused on restoring the creek to its original shape. The Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge is starting a yearlong project to re-create the original curvature of Chicken Creek....
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Hillsboro looks at water rate increases for 2020

Cornelius water customers would see their rates hiked nearly 10%. Most of Hillsboro's rates would go up less. For the third time in four years, the City of Hillsboro is looking at raising water rates...
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New head of Joint Water Commission hired

Longtime city employee Niki Iverson will take over JWC as well as Hillsboro Water Department. HillsboroTribune Geoff Pursinger Tuesday, July 16, 2019 The city of Hillsboro has hired a new head to the regional joint water...
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Plans on track for Hillsboro’s new water source

Hillsboro Tribune, Olivia Singer Tuesday, February 19, 2019 There are seven years left in the development of the Willamette Water Supply Program. Roughly halfway through a massive $1.2 billion project creating an additional water source for...
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Hillsboro State of the City a celebration of accomplishments

Mayor Steve Callaway's annual state of the city looks back on the year that was, and the future of Hillsboro The president's annual State of the Union address is often seen as a formal, serious...