The City of Pendleton operates public transit programs. This projects creates a facility to safely house transportation vehicles – up to four Category C buses, six Category E vehicles, and four minivan or sedan class vehicles – on 8.9 acres of undeveloped land adjacent to the Eastern Oregon Regional Airport. The facility will also provide storage,…
Slurry seals help preserve and maintain streets. For the 2026 season, the following streets are scheduled for slurry seal: 1430 SY SE 10th Street (SE Court Ave to SE Byers Ave) 1390 SY SE 19th Street (SE Byers to Dead End North) 1560 SY SE 4th Street (SE Frazer Ave to SE Emigrant Ave) 1250…
Two welded steel water storage tanks, the 1.8-million-gallon Water Filtration Plant (WFP) Clearwell and the 1.1-million-gallon Southwest Reservoir, are in need of rehabilitation and repairs. Work on each tank will include surface preparation, coating, removal and replacement of compromised materials, reinstallation of structural and operational components, sealing, and disinfection of tanks upon completion. Both projects require…
This project is to recoat the inside of two Pendleton water tanks: The Clearwell Tank at the Water Filtration Plant and the Southwest Reservoir. Work will include surface preparation, coating, removal and replacement of compromised materials, reinstallation of structural and operational components, sealing, and disinfection of tanks upon completion. The Clearwell project involves removal and replacement of baffling, repair or replacement of deteriorated steel and rafter supports,…
City staff has worked with our consultant, Consor, to complete a project package for manhole rehabilitation work. The overall focus of this project is to reduce the amount of groundwater and riverwater that enters the wastewater system through manholes. This is known as reducing the inflow/infiltration (I/I) of groundwater into manholes located where there is river…
Pendleton Public Works has identified its next construction projects. Scheduling will depend on time, budget and staffing levels, but these seven projects could happen in the 2024 Construction Season: Storm NW 7th Street from NW Furnish Ave to Umatilla River NW 12th Street from NW Horn Ave to NW Johns Ave Water S Main Street…
Treating streets with a condition ranking of satisfactory or good with a slurry seal rather than an asphalt overlay can stretch the maintenance dollars out by extending the life of the street without having to overlay them as soon. Work to be performed consists of slurry sealing approximately 68,245 SY on identified sections of City of…
Typically, alternative maintenance treatments, such as crack seals and slurry seals, should be applied to a street approximately every 7-10 years. Crack sealing prevents vegetation from growing out of and water from entering into the cracks and sub-base, which could eventually cause soft areas and base failure, forcing full reconstruction of the road prematurely. Under…