In early 2006, the Mayor’s Office of Economic Development, the Planning Department, Public Works and the Mayor’s Office of City Greening conducted community workshops to determine the needs of the Lower Polk Street neighborhood. Through the collaborative community planning process, businesses and residents along the corridor identified improvements that would make Polk Street a greener, cleaner and a more inviting environment. 
 

The San Bruno Avenue Streetscape Improvement Project is the first completed project of the Great Streets program. The project planted 120 new street trees, enlarged tree wells with Fortnight Lilies and decomposed granite, and the installed banner poles and banners unique to the neighborhood. Tree species, selected for their beauty and suitability to the environment, include Scarlet Maple, Flowering Cherry, and Queen Palm. A Neighborhood Beautification Grant funded the vibrant new community-designed banners.

The improvements include streetscape improvements for McCoppin Street, Jessie Street, Stevenson Street, Valencia Street, Elgin Park, and Pearl Street. The project consist of street trees, medians, chicanes, landscaping, new lighting, street imprint/cobblestone, and brass street name plaques.

In an effort to maximize water savings through conservation measures and innovative practices, Public Works and the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) will replace the landscaping and retrofit the irrigation system along the center and side medians of Sunset Boulevard, between Rivera Street and Sloat Boulevard.
 

During the last half of the 19th century, streetcars traveled up and down “Tree Street”, shuttling riders between downtown and points along the Bayshore corridor, which helped spur development of the Bayshore Boulevard communities that exist today. Decades later, Muni, the City and County of San Francisco, and the San Francisco Transportation Authority launched the Third Street Light Rail Project to reestablish rail service along this corridor.
 

San Francisco Public Works was asked by the Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure (OCII) to provide professional services for the Transbay Folsom Street Improvement Project.
 

The project furthers a portion of the Transbay Redevelopment Project Area Streetscape & Open Space Concept Plan approved in 2006. It is comprised of temporary and permanent right-of-way improvements along Folsom Street, from Second to Spear, located in Supervisorial District 6.
 

Valencia Street is a vibrant corridor with restaurants, shops, art galleries, and other establishments that are frequented by thousands of people every day. Public Works and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) teamed up to create a vision to improve the area with the goal of providing residents and visitors with safe and easy access to businesses, schools, shopping and regional transit connections. A robust envisioning process was undertaken to ensure the participation of the community and incorporation of their feedback into the final plan.

Public Works coordinated with the Transportation Authority’s Van Ness Avenue Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project, which proposes dedicated bus lanes, transit signal priority, pedestrian improvements, and transit platform improvements. We also collaborated with numerous other City agencies, and would like to thank the Mayor’s Office of Greening, City Real Estate, the Arts Commission, and the Municipal Transportation Agency for their dedication to the project.

The project will improve the infrastructure, making the area safer and more attractive for residents, businesses and visitors on this commercial corridor and the surrounding area.
 

This work will be performed in several phases over a 16-month duration (498-days).  The project requires coordinating work with our partner agencies.  Work to be performed includes:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

February 19, 2016

Contact:

Joey Kahn, San Francisco Recreation & Park Department

(415) 629-2559, joey.kahn@sfgov.org

Mindy Linetzky, San Francisco Public Works

(415) 554-4829, mindy.linetzky@sfdpw.org

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