Awbrey Butte Waterline Project Update – February 9, 2023

The Awbrey Butte Waterline Improvement Project will improve Bend’s ability to deliver water across the City and increase the system’s resiliency and reliability by installing approximately 4.25 miles of pipeline.

Project Update – February 2023 

As part of the City of Bend’s design work for the Awbrey Butte Waterline Improvement Project, crews will continue exploratory work to find existing underground utility lines. Excavation work (known as potholing) near Awbrey Reservoir will proceed over the next week with limited traffic disruptions. Further potholing for Phase 2 subprojects will occur later in the year, with separate announcements to follow.

Water infiltration tests will occur near the Awbrey Reservoir in the coming weeks. Residents should anticipate seeing excavation equipment, trucks, and personnel entering and exiting the Reservoir property, located near the top of 9th Street. 

Surface improvements along the Portland Avenue corridor are being evaluated and are in the planning phase right now. The design of potential improvements along the corridor may start in March. The City plans to hold an in-person meeting to discuss the improvements with the public in the next 3-5 months.

The City is committed to keeping neighbors informed throughout the project through the project website, public informational meetings, mailings, emails, and door hangers. In advance of construction activities in your neighborhood, residents will receive a more detailed notification with specific information regarding construction impacts. For more information, contact the project team at awbreywaterline@bendoregon.gov.

You may also monitor current and upcoming detours and closures at bendoregon.gov/traffic.

Project Map – subject to change

Awbrey Waterline Extension project area map 
Additional information and Subproject details for the Awbrey Butte Waterline Improvement Project can be found at bendoregon.gov/awbrey-waterline. 

TENTATIVE PROJECT SCHEDULE

The project design and construction will be completed in phases. The schedule below will be updated as more information becomes available and is subject to change. This project is utilizing an alternative delivery method known as Progressive Design-Build, which includes selecting the contractor and engineer simultaneously. Therefore, some of the design will overlap with portions of construction throughout the project. Individual properties may not be impacted for the entire duration of the construction schedules presented below.
 
Tentative Design Schedule:
Subprojects 1, 3, 4, 5, & 6: September 2022 – fall 2023
Subprojects 2, 7, 8, & 9: November 2022 – spring 2024
 
Tentative Construction Schedule:
Subproject 1: June 2023 – fall 2023
Subproject 2 (under Portland Avenue bridge and east to Wall Street): fall 2023 – early 2024
Subproject 2 (west of Portland Avenue bridge): early 2024 – summer 2024
Subproject 3: fall 2023
Subproject 4: fall 2023 – early 2024
Subproject 5: fall 2023 – spring 2024
Subproject 6: fall 2023
Subproject 7: early 2024 – fall 2024
Subproject 8: early 2024 – winter 2025
Subproject 9: early 2024 – fall 2024

PROJECT COMMUNICATIONS

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