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Western Cesar Chavez Streetscape Project to Be Completed in Summer 2013

2:00 PM PST on November 8, 2011

Photo: Aaron Bialick

Construction on the Cesar Chavez Sewer and Streetscape Improvement Project will be completed a few months behind schedule in summer 2013, according to the SF Department of Public Works.

DPW's Kris Opbroek said the streetscape portion will begin in the spring as completion of the sewer work moves west. When finished, the project will transform Cesar Chavez Street, from Hampshire to Guerrero Streets, with a wide planted median, bicycle lanes, and pedestrian safety improvements.

City staff and construction crews showcased the site last Friday as Mayor Ed Lee, who formerly headed the DPW, paid a visit to the project. It's the largest yet under the city's Great Streets Program, which has completed six streetscape projects since it began in 2005 and has another nine in the pipeline or under construction, according to a press release from the mayor's office. Cesar Chavez, budgeted at $35.2 million, is the biggest project funded by the Great Streets Program to date.

The SFMTA is also developing plans for bike lanes on the eastern side of Cesar Chavez, just across "The Hairball", after the mayor's office pressured the agency into dropping a previous iteration of the plan in June.

Crew members on break. Photo: Aaron Bialick
Construction will move eastbound down the street. In the meantime, the road has already been put on a major diet.
The construction's occupation of vehicle lanes has put Cesar Chavez on a de facto road diet.

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