S 1st Street - Strand Street Road And Utilities Extension Project / S 1st Street - St. Helens Street Intersection Improvements Project

In 2018, the City kicked off a grant-funded transportation study called the “Riverfront Connector Plan” which set the framework for a cohesive, multi-modal transportation loop from Highway 30 to the Riverfront District and along the waterfront. The aim of the Riverfront plan is to provide a cohesive, multi-modal, and inviting loop through the City’s downtown, along the waterfront, and connecting to US30 and provide safe and convenient access through these area for vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians. 

The first phase of the Riverfront Connector Plan is the S 1st Street – Strand Street Road and Utilities Extension project which will extend S 1st Street from Cowlitz Street south to Plymouth Street and provide multiple mid-block crossings to allow for pedestrian and bicycle crossings, extend Strand Street south and west from Columbia View Park to intersect S 1st Street opposite the Tualatin pedestrian stairway. The project includes new utility extensions for water, sewer, and storm, and intersection improvements at S 1st Street and Cowlitz Street, Cowlitz Street and Strand Street, S 1st Street and St. Helens St, and S 1st Street and Strand Street.

Work under the S. 1st and Strand Street  Road and Utilities Extension, Project No. 525 will include street construction of S. 1st Street from Tualatin Street to Cowlitz Street, all Cowlitz Street improvements, and Strand Street from its existing southern terminus to the Courthouse, construction of new pump station, the pathway along the bluff (including lighting and landscaping), and two water quality swale facilities. Storm drain improvements within the street improvements described above, storm main construction within S. 1st Street (from Plymouth to Tualatin Street), Tualatin Street, and Strand Street (from Tualatin Street to existing southern terminus of Strand Street). Sewer construction includes the force main connection between the pump station and wastewater treatment plant with all the gravity sewer construction shown on the plans. Water line improvements within the street improvements and between Tualatin Street and Plymouth. This project also includes an additional phase which includes street construction of Tualatin Street, Street A, and Strand Street (from Tualatin Street to the existing southern terminus of Strand Street), including furnishings, lighting, and landscaping within the limits of Add 1. Construction of the waterline extension between the end of existing Strand Street and the intersection of S. 1st Street and Tualatin Street. Stormwater construction includes catch basins for new street construction of Strand Street and Tualatin Street as well as Street A.

Work under the S. 1st Street at St. Helens Street Intersection Improvements , Project No. R-685 includes a complete rebuild of the existing asphalt intersection into a concrete intersection, with curb extensions, stormwater planters, site furnishings, and more.

A Mandatory Pre-Bid Conference was held in the Columbia Room at the City of St. Helens City Hall at 265 Strand Street, St. Helens, Oregon 97051 on July 19, 2022, at 10:00 AM to provide prospective bidders with the opportunity visit the site and ask questions relating to bidding or constructing the work under this Contract. 

Bid Opening: Bids are due by August 18, 2022, 2:00 PM and will be publicly read in the Columbia Room at the City of St. Helens City Hall at 265 Strand Street, St. Helens, Oregon 97051 on August 18, 2022, 2:00 PM. Contractor is required to submit bids on both the S. 1st and Strand Street  Road and Utilities Extension (Project No. P-525) and the S. 1st Street at St. Helens Street Intersection Improvements (Project No. R-685). Award for the lowest responsive bid will be based on the combined bid total of both projects.

Primary project contacts are,

• Mouhamad Zaher, City of St. Helens Public Works Director, (503) 366-8235, mzaher@sthelensoregon.gov 

• Keith Buisman, P.E., Otak Project Manager, (503) 287-6825, keith.buisman@otak.com for the S. 1st and Strand Street  Road and Utilities Extension, Project No. 525

• Tony Roos, P.E., Kittelson & Associates Project Manager, (503) 535-7444, troos@kittelson.com for the S. 1st Street at St. Helens Street Intersection Improvements , Project No. R-685