With repairs as the focus, Multnomah County is systematically working its way through Willamette River bridges in downtown Portland, bringing the crossings up to speed in terms of maintenance and operations.
The Sweetheart Lake Hydroelectric facility now has a series of green lights in front of it that nearly clears the path for a 2018 construction start on a 19.8-megawatt facility designed to generate an average of 116,000 megawatt-hours annually.
To minimize disruption of the Columbia-Snake River navigation system, the gate replacement at the Dalles Dam Navigation Lock was completed in the depths of an Oregon winter.