Supercharger - Hillsboro, OR

[floatplane]

So basically you and one other guy.

I am the other guy.

I’ve gone that route when coming from the coast via Lincoln City and McMinnville on OR-18 a year or two ago. There was major weekend construction in Portland and I5, 205,405 and even OR-26 were backed up with 30-60 minute delays. So we cut cross-country as best we could to get onto OR-30 northeast-bound to get to Longview. I’m sure we came within a few miles of this new SC.

 

[Nakk]

So basically you and one other guy.

Judging from the traffic normally on that route, a lot more than one other guy. That is the best route North for all the West siders during rush hour. (Rush hour normally being 7:00 am to 7:00 pm.)

 

[josher32]

Went by and checked if any construction had begun yesterday and still nothing started.

 

[Super_Popular]

Went by and checked if any construction had begun yesterday and still nothing started.

You drove all the way from West Linn to Tansbourne

 

[josher32]

You drove all the way from West Linn to Tansbourne

Was over there for something else and wanted to see where it planned to be.

Good to hear also that Vancouver and as of this week Longview-Kelso both have V3 SCs.

 

[mtf16]

Not sure if this can be counted as progress. There are markings from Blackstone and arrows to the right side of the alley all the way from the Target building.

 

[eprosenx]

Not sure if this can be counted as progress. There are markings from Blackstone and arrows to the right side of the alley all the way from the Target building.
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That is fantastic news! It is for a locate request. All the other utilities will come out and mark their stuff so that Blackstone does not hit them while digging for the supercharger.

Now the question is weather this locate is for engineering planning purposes, or if it is for actual construction purposes!

Exciting!

 

[kpalaniswami]

I am sure construction will start pretty soon similar to sequence of events that happened in Salem before actual construction started.

 

[otter]

As of yesterday evening, no change. Just the locate markings noted by mtf16 on June 16.

 

[acarney]

Another OneCall for this location... “Utility Service Install” for Tesla...

Maybe we’ll see the start in the next week or so!

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[camthehombre]

Another OneCall for this location... “Utility Service Install” for Tesla...

Maybe we’ll see the start in the next week or so!

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The ticket expiration is 10/10/20, does this mean they are hoping this location is completed by then?

 

[acarney]

The ticket expiration is 10/10/20, does this mean they are hoping this location is completed by then?

Honestly I don’t think you can read anything into the dates on these. It could be just this segment (install utility service) could be complete by then but it takes till spring before stalls and cabinets show up... it could be the whole project is done by then... or it could be the file an updated one that pushes it out further.

One thing is they do seem to close out all their active builds before winter sets in, so maybe November at the latest?

 

[mociaf9]

The ticket expiration is 10/10/20, does this mean they are hoping this location is completed by then?

That's the date where if they haven't started digging yet, then they need to open a new ticket and people have to come out to re-mark the underground lines.

 

[Nakk]

One thing is they do seem to close out all their active builds before winter sets in, so maybe November at the latest?

Winter? In Portland? Riots? Yes. Hate? Yes. Great beer? Yes. Winter? No.

 

[Ruffles]

Looks like they have started .

 

[corywright]

Looks like they have started

Thanks for the photo. I've updated supercharge.info to show this location as under construction.

 

[mtf16]

You beat me! I go to the plaza on average 3 times a week, yet I missed this! Thank you.

Looks like they have started .

I just installed this and it didn’t recognize them at first but did after a while. I saw on a YouTube video it has to calibrate for a time before it starts working.

 

[eprosenx]

Sorry for the bad nighttime photos, but some of the underground materials have shown up on site! (The pedestal bases, etc...)

I suspect these crews go from one site to the next production style. I suspect they have this process down! The long lead time will probably be the utility work from Portland General Electric.

Exciting to get one in my backyard!

 

[mtf16]

They are digging.

 

[camthehombre]

Dang. Looks like they are wasting no time on this location. Monday they blocked it off, Wednesday they had materials there and today they are already digging. Hope this one is done before fall/winter holidays!