East Lents Floodplain Restoration Project
Location: Portland, OR The East Lents Floodplain Restoration project is an aggressive undertaking by the City of Portland’s Bureau of Environmental Services to reduce flooding by Johnson Creek in the Lents Neighborhood and restore natural watershed functions. Over the past 15 years the City has acquired 52 acres of former residential lands in the floodplain that will be restored to public open space. Construction began in 2010 with removal of the remaining residential structures and salvage of on-site trees. The remaining work to deconstruct bridges, roadways and utility infrastructure; excavate flood storage; rehabilitate stream banks; add habitat structures; retrofit stormwater outfalls for water quality, as well as construct new roadways, sidewalks and utilities out of the floodplain will be completed by 2013. |
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