PRESS ADVISORY:June 18, 2013Press Contact: Rachel Gordon, DPW, 415-554-6045     FRESH LOOK FOR POPULAR FISHERMAN'S WHARF CORRIDOR   Mayor, City officials and community and business leaders to mark Grand Opening of new Jefferson Street streetscape featuring a beautiful new roadway and wider sidewalks   SAN FRANCISCO, CA –Mayor Ed Lee, Board of Supervisors President David Chiu, representatives from City departments and Fisherman's Wharf community and business leaders will celebrate the offi...

Please join the SF Planning Department and the Fisherman's Wharf CBD for a Community Meeting to learn more about the Phase 2 plan for the Public Realm / Jefferson Street Project.  Where: Waterfront Terraces (Upstairs at the Wax Museum Building, 145 Jefferson Street, Suite 100). The entrance is just to the left of McDonalds.     When: Monday, June 10th from 3:30 - 5:00 PM.

        Save the date! Thursday, June 20th, 12 noon to 12:30 p.m.   The official opening and ribbon cutting ceremony is coming up for the Jefferson Streetscape Improvement Project.     Please join us!         WHO: San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, District 3 Supervisor David Chiu, Department of Public Works, Port of San Francisco, Fisherman's Wharf Community Business District     WHAT: Ribbon-cutting ceremony for Jefferson Streetscape Improvement Project     WHEN: Thursday, June 2...

The final construction community meeting for the Jefferson Street Project will be held Monday, June 3, 10am at the Fisherman's Wharf CBD Office. Please join us.   We are two weeks away from the substantial completion of the project. Crews are working hard to finish up the north sidewalk and alleyways.   Work includes utility installations, street light foundation and conduit work, and pouring the sidewalks and installing the precast walls and stairs.   Under this tight time...

This week work concentrated on the north side, as the underground utility work continues along with as preparations to pour the new sidewalks and place the precast concrete walls. Some of the new sidewalk has been poured already! Next week will be much of the same: utility work on the north side and sidewalk work to both sides on Leavenworth.   No Saturday work or Memorial Day work is scheduled. Crews will be back on Tuesday to get going again.   Enjoy the long weekend! ...

    In the last week or so there have been a lot of changes along the two-block corridor on Jefferson which means progress.   The contractor poured concrete pavement between Leavenworth and Hyde. It should be opened up to traffic on Monday. That means traffic will flow in one continuous lane westbound from Jones to Hyde (on the new roadway).   The pre-cast concrete walls were delivered to the jobsite and you may see them lined up between Leavenworth and Jones.   The north road way Jone...

Very Busy Out There!     The final pours for the Leavenworth to Hyde roadway will be complete this week. Crews have been busy all week pouring the cement and building the new road.   It must sit for seven days to cure. So the road should be ready for use at the beginning of the week, Monday, May 20th. And traffic should flip to that side.   That week work will begin on demo'ing the old roadway on the north part of that block.             This week the first northern roadway (J...

Next week the plans are to pave the roadway from Leavenworth to Hyde. Two days of paving the first band, and then two more for the second band and hopefully it will be done by the end of the week.   Traffic should be switched to the south side of the first block today. Work begins next week to the north sidewalk between Jones and Leavenworth, including the demo of the old roadway and work to the first alley there are Scoma.          

        This week forms were constructed for the first half of the block from Leavenworth to Hyde and next week crews will pour each band to make headway on the final part of the new roadway!   Later in the week, crews will put in place forms for the second half of the block up to Hyde and hopefully have that poured early that week of May 6th.   This week the Water Department continued water line installations between Leavenworth and Hyde.   Crews poured concrete at the west half o...

  Work is moving along. Some quick updates:       This week -formed and poured the curb and gutter on the north side of Jefferson (Leavenworth to Jones) -continued waterline installation work Leavenworth to Hyde-started forming the roadway for the first half of that block (Leavenworth to Hyde) -made progress on Leavenworth intersection   Next Week (ending April 26th)-continue forming the roadway Leavenworth to Hyde to mid-block-continue waterline installation work Leavenworth to...

Please NOTE that the bi-weekly construction meeting for Monday, April 22nd at 10:00AM at the FWCBD Office has been RESCHEDULED for Monday, April 29. 

  This week the roadway for the first block (Jones to Leavenworth) was poured. That is very exciting. Plans are to begin using that south side roadway at the end of April, still one way heading west.     You see a lot of activity at the intersections right now, and you also may notice the progress being made on the second block (Leavenworth to Hyde). That roadway will begin to take form in the next two weeks. Hopefully in the next week and a half the southwest sidewalk and corner at Hyde and...

  Jefferson Construction Update   Here's an update of the planned construction activities for Jefferson. Go Giants.       Week ending April 5th - sewer work between Leavenworth and Hyde- water main installation west of Hyde Street intersection- Demo, form, and pour concrete pavement at Leavenworth Street intersection- Pour second band of concrete pavement between Jones Street to mid-blocktoward Leavenworth Street               Week ending April 12th -form the curb and ...

Just a reminder that there is a bi-weekly construction meeting on Monday, April 8th at 10:00AM at the FWCBD Office. http://www.newjeffersonstreet.com/calendar/event/1/lrmjfddhov05lmgh1v4inp5tb0_20130408T170000Z  

        This week the roadway between Jones and Leavenworth is being poured. This is a significant milestone for the project.     Other work being performed this week: - sewer work between Leavenworth and Hyde- water main installation west of Hyde Street intersection- work curb ramps at Leavenworth and Hyde Street intersections- Installation of street light conduits between Leavenworth and Hyde     Completing the south sidewalk, NPS entrance to Hyde     Work that was to begin...

Just a reminder that there is a bi-weekly construction meeting on Monday, March 25th at 10:00AM at the FWCBD Office. http://www.newjeffersonstreet.com/calendar/event/1/lrmjfddhov05lmgh1v4inp5tb0_20130325T170000Z    

          This week the sidewalk on the south side, Leavenworth to Hyde, was poured and is nearly complete. It looks fantastic. Thanks to all the businesses for their patience and cooperation during this work.     Water main work is being performed by the Water Department along Jefferson from Jones working west. The demo’d roadway and subgrade is being hauled off and this should take a few more days.         Through next week (3.22 to 3.29)       Work to the final por...

Last week it was announced that Leavenworth (between Beach and Jefferson) needed to be closed for vehicles travelling north. This was due to work at the Leavenworth/Jefferson intersection that would last about three weeks.   That work has been pushed back and will be performed at another time, most likely in the next two or three weeks. So for now, Leavenworth and that intersection will remain in its current traffic configuration: OPEN.   When the time comes to perform that intersection wor...

In order to get ahead of the forecasted Wednesday rain, work will be performed tomorrow (Saturday, March 16th). The contractor will pour the remaining curb and gutter along the south side of Jefferson Street, mid-block up to Hyde. The work will take place from around 7am to 3pm.   This puts the work ahead of the rain, allowing for plans to demo and pour that sidewalk by Tuesday if all goes well.     (Jefferson south curb this week as contractor demos. It will be poured on Saturday.)

This week the first half of the south sidewalk (Jefferson, Leavenworth the midblock) was demo'd and poured. It looks good.   Thanks to all the businesses along that stretch for working with the contractor as this work was performed. They are completing the curb ramp now on the southwest corner at Jefferson/Leavenworth.   Next week: finish that south-side block; rain likely though   Work moves to the second half of this south-side block next week. Once the demo of the curb and gutter is com...