For immediate release: March 7, 2016

Contact: Rachel Gordon, 415-554-6045

SAN FRANCISCO PLANTS SIGNATURE TREES TO HONOR TWO NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS

Irene Crescio and Dr. Espanola Jackson celebrated for lifelong service to their communities

Winner of the 2016 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Community Improvement Project award!

The Taraval Streetscape improvement project extends from46th to 48th Avenue in the city’s Outer Sunset district.  Taraval Street serves as a local commercial district for the surrounding residential neighborhood.  The renovation will provide a safer and more inviting environment for pedestrians, motorists and transit riders.

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is repaving Sloat Boulevard between Skyline Boulevard and 19th Avenue.  Work began in April 2017.  The project includes the following elements:

The Second Street Improvement Project stretched from downtown San Francisco to SOMA. 
 

The Potrero Avenue Roadway Improvement Project is a collaboration between neighbors and several city agencies (Public Works, SFMTA, and PUC) to improve safety for people walking and biking, maximize infrastructure upgrades in the area, and to help beautify Potrero Avenue. The final design for roadway improvements is the result of five community workshops, valuable public input, and the neighborhood voting for their preferred option for transforming Potrero Avenue.

Project Information

The Palou Avenue Streetscape Improvement Project extends the entire length of the street, from Barneveld Avenue to Crisp Road, in the Bayview. The renovation will provide a safer and more inviting environment for pedestrians, motorists and transit riders. The streetscape improvements include: Over 100 new street trees, new plants, better lighting, bus shelters, curb ramps, bulb-outs, median islands, repaving and other enhancements to improve pedestrian safety by calming traffic and improving visibility at intersections.

Ocean Avenue is an important city arterial that links the Ingleside, Lake Merced, Twin Peaks, and Excelsior neighborhoods, and connects the adjacent communities to city and regional transportation services such as BART and Muni via the Balboa Park Station, I-280 Freeway, Muni K Line, and the Muni Phelan Loop. In addition, Ocean Ave hosts many neighborhood and civic services that impact the city at-large: City College of San Francisco, Balboa Park, Lick-Wilmerding High School, and the Ocean Ave commercial corridor.

In 2006, the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency (Agency) and Public Works completed public streetscape improvements on Sixth Street, between Market and Harrison Streets, by widening sidewalks, planting new street trees and installing ornamental street lights. Through discussions with the South of Market Project Area Committee (SOMPAC), Agency staff and Public Works have identified an initial set of alleyways for improvements.

• Crews continue installation of pavers along the center median between Geary Blvd. and Anza Street.
• The contractor also continues road paver installation at the Geary/Masonic Plaza.
• Staff is also working on the planter beds at the plaza.
• This project is scheduled to be complete in a few weeks.  

Project Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony

The Kearny Streetscape Improvement Project will be a redesign of Kearny Street, from Broadway to Vallejo streets, and will include landscape elements and replacement of the road surface.