City of Hillsboro, OR
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Severe weather and natural disasters can arrive without warning. To learn how to be prepared and stay alert to changing conditions, visit our Prepare Now page.
Snow and Ice
City Roads, Parking Lots, and Facilities
When Public Works staff become aware that inclement weather — such as snow, ice or freezing rain — may affect travel, our crews work quickly to treat priority City roadways.
Snow and ice response is prioritized on City roads with high traffic volumes and features that make travel in winter conditions more difficult, such as hills, dips, bridges, and curves.
Based on snow and ice conditions, crews use one of the following methods to treat priority roadways:
- Plowing
- Applying magnesium chloride to hills, dips, bridges, and curves
- Spreading sand
View the Snow and Ice Response Plan Map to learn about the City priority roadways.
Our Public Works and Parks and Recreation Departments work together to clear and treat City-owned properties, including:
- Public parking lots
- Sidewalks and pathways at our buildings
Contact Information
Power Outages and Downed Power Lines
Portland General Electric
800-544-1795
Fire
To report a fire, call 911.
City of Hillsboro Roads
To report flooding, debris in the road, traffic signal outages, or icy conditions on roads maintained by the City, please report the road concern through email or call the appropriate number below.Public Works Dispatch Line
8 am to 5 pm,
Monday through Friday
Washington County
Non-Emergency Dispatch Line
After-Hours
503-629-0111
Washington County Roads
To read a list of closed roads, travel advisories, and maintenance information for Washington County Roads, visit their Road Closure webpage.
State Highways and Roads
To learn the current conditions of Oregon Department of Transportation highways and roads, call 511 or visit the Trip Check website.
Heavy Rain and Flooding
To protect your home and family in flood conditions, we provide sandbag fill sites on a seasonal basis, generally from October through March.
The fill sites are located in the parking lots at:
- Griffin Oaks Park
1800 NE Griffin Oaks Street - Frances Street Park
6205 SE Frances Street
Please bring your own shovel to fill bags.
Help Prevent Flooding
- Clear leaves off the street and storm drains
- Clean gutters and downspouts
- Keep piles of yard debris away from drainage ditches and streams
Windstorms and Roadway Debris
High wind storms can cause debris to fall on City roadways and sidewalks.
City staff will respond to community member roadway debris reports as quickly as possible.
Sidewalk Maintenance Responsibilities
Homeowners, businesses, and/or tenants are responsible for clearing debris such as trees, branches, snow, and ice from adjacent sidewalks, according to Hillsboro Municipal Code 6.16 and Hillsboro Municipal Code 9.16.
Property owners or tenants must:
- Remove snow from sidewalks within eight hours of daylight after snow has fallen
- Remove ice, or properly cover ice with sand, ashes, or other suitable material to assure safe travel, within eight hours of daylight after the ice has formed
- Prevent snow and ice that has accumulated on buildings from falling onto streets and sidewalks
If someone is injured on a sidewalk because of icy or snowy conditions and the above steps were not taken, the property owner or tenant may be found liable to the injured individual.
To learn more about property owner responsibilities to maintain trees and vegetation in the public right-of-way, visit the Roadside Tree and Vegetation Care webpage.
Report a sidewalk safety concern to our Public Works Department.Road Maintenance Responsibilities
Depending on ownership, various agencies — including private owners, the City, the County, and the State — are responsible for maintaining roads within City of Hillsboro boundaries. For more information, view the Roadway Jurisdiction Map.