Seems like every time you turn down a street,
that street is
being paved: Noe Valley is under construction with no fewer
than three agencies
digging in for the summer.
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
is installing a
new water main pipe along 23rd Street between Church and
Hoffman and expects to
be done by February 2014.
Pacific Gas and Electric has been replacing gas
pipeline since
mid-April, digging up road on parts of Grand View Avenue and
radiating east on
21st, 22nd, Worth, Hoffman, and Alvarado streets. A spokesman
said the pipeline
work was expected to be done the first week in July, and the
utility would
begin repaving.
Less obtrusive will be the installation of
“intelligent
switches” this month. Crews working in bucket trucks will be
putting the
switches on poles on Church Street between 24th and Elizabeth.
The work of the two utility agencies is dwarfed
by that of the Department
of Public Works, which is responsible for keeping the streets
pothole-free,
among other tasks. Voters passed the Road Repaving and Street
Safety Bond in
2011, and the department has spread out the $248 million in
funding over three
years worth of projects that started last July.
Chattanooga between Jersey and 21st streets,
Vicksburg between
Jersey and 22nd streets, and 28th and Duncan streets between
Sanchez and San
Jose Avenue were the biggest but not the only Noe Valley
projects during this
first year.
Year two is expected to start July 2013 and
affect Guerrero
between Cesar Chavez and 19th streets and Jersey Street
between Castro and
Douglass. The final year, expected to start July 2014, will
bring work to San
Jose Avenue from the freeway off-ramp to Cesar Chavez Street
and Dolores
between Chavez and 25th Street.
For a complete map of projects, as well as maps
broken down by
year, visit www.sfdpw.org.
All timelines are subject to change, depending
on weather and
unforeseen events.
