Northwest 9th Street Neighborhood Infrastructure Project

The City of Florence NW 9^th Street Neighborhood Project is a Direct Appropriation from Oregon Senate Bill (SB) 1530 that was awarded to Florence during the 2024 short legislation session.

The City was identified as a local government to receive funding for an infrastructure project to catalyze building much needed housing in Florence. The project unlocks an undeveloped section of the community in the heart of the City with easy access to all necessary and discretionary amenities and services.

As part of our application to the State, the City put forth City owned blocks in the heart of the City Center to construct local streets and utilities to create ready to build lots at a cost of $1.9 million. With the infrastructure investment in the public rights-of-way (ROW) for transportation related facilities, water, wastewater, stormwater and open space (park) the City can unlock and provide access to 6 privately owned blocks and two City owned blocks creating ready to build lots for a minimum of 113 to 176 units of housing for the area that we are calling the Northwest 9th Street Neighborhood.

We anticipate that construction engineering services will be completed late winter 2025 and the project would be advertised for competitive bid in late March 2025, with Florence City Council awarding the project to a general contractor in April 2025. A notice to proceed to the contractor to begin construction is anticipated to be issued late May 2025. Construction is anticipated to take 120 days for substantial completion with final completion occurring within 30 days of substantial completion (total of 150 days from notice to proceed). Depending on weather and the contractor, we anticipate that the infrastructure project (water, wastewater, streets and stormwater) for the NW 9^th Street Neighborhood Project to be completed November 2025.