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 the communities of Hillsboro, Aloha, Beaverton and Tigard, sections of roadway are being dug up so pipe can be laid…
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 the Tualatin Valley Water District, and the other for $251 million is going to the city of Hillsboro. The money…
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 is getting a head start on its public outreach. It has scheduled an open house for the widening project on…
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 Act, or WIFIA, program and will help finance the $1.3-billion, multi-year Willamette Water Supply System program. A $388-million loan is going…
$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 to draw water from the Willamette River. The announcement this week by the Environmental Protect Agency will allow the Willamette…
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. The creek, which naturally flowed into the Tualatin River, was constructed into a single straight line a century ago for…
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 for customers in the city, as well as Cornelius, Gaston and Laurelwood. The city’s utilities commission plans to consider the…
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 agency responsible for providing water to a large swath of Washington County. Niki Iverson has been named the city’s new…
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 cities across Washington County, including Hillsboro, officials say it’s still on track to go live in 2026, and the next…
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 affair, but in the Hillsboro Civic Center on Tuesday night, surrounding by bicyclists, plenty of jokes and a parody video…
