 In Hermiston, work has begun on the Gladys Avenue water line project. Contractors will keep 4th Street open as much as possible over the next six to eight weeks, but the public should be prepared for periodic closures of the 4th Street and Gladys Avenue intersection when work needs to take place in the roadway. The $1.8 million project is replacing pipe, originally installed in the 1920s, some of the oldest pipe in the city water system.