City Administrator Mike Ristelho said College Place is progressing on several public-works projects, including a new Wastewater Lift Station No. 5, phased upgrades at the Wastewater Treatment Plant and multiple road and pedestrian projects slated for construction this summer and next year.

Ristelho said Lift Station No. 5 is taking shape on property in southwest First and is expected to be completed in June. He described Wastewater Treatment Plant Phase 1A as under way to change mechanical equipment; Phase 1B will be bid out and will include irrigation infrastructure for farm fields and construction of a large detention/impoundment for treated effluent on 80 acres the city bought from the state. Ristelho said the state Department of Ecology directed changes to discharge practices that require the city to build storage for treated effluent in summer months.

On transportation, Ristelho said the post office crosswalk has been completed; Southeast Eighth Street will receive a new sidewalk and a rapid-flash beacon across Large funded by MPO and state grant programs; Northeast Rose Street will get pedestrian street lamps this summer with a state transportation improvement board grant; and Southwest Mejgan is moving toward a full reconstruction that will add 11-foot travel lanes, turn lanes, bike lanes, sidewalks, street lamps and extended utilities. Ristelho said much of the work is supported by federal and state grant funding and that engineering and right-of-way work is underway for several projects.

Ristelho said timing and scope vary by project: some work begins this summer while other projects are expected to extend into 2026.