The contractor will be working immediately above the Union and Webster Street intersection on Saturday, January 17. A police officer will be on duty during work hours to ensure pedestrian safety and traffic flow. Saturday work is required so as not to disrupt MUNI operations on weekdays.
Sewer work will continue on Webster Street between Lombard and Union Streets through mid-week. On Thursday, January 22, the contractor plans to trench and lay pipe between Union and Green Streets. Sewer pipeline work will also be ongoing on Webster between Broadway and Pacific Avenue. See the construciton map on the January 12th post for more detail.
There is a lot more going on in the neighborhood than has been posted, and it makes doing daily activities challenging and unpleasant. In addition to the projects you have listed, there was work being done today, April 1, by PG&E on Buchanan Street north of Filbert Street. There was also work being done on Laguna between Filbert and Greenwich by the water department. At about 11:25 this morning I drove down that block, which was not marked as closed, and was yelled at by the Water Department workers who were there. When I stopped to tell them that it would be a good idea if they closed off the street if they didn't want people driving on it, I was yelled at not to stop my car. When I returned to the area about 30 minutes later, they had blocked off that segment of the street. In addition, the DPW's Sewer Repair put up notices on March 24 that there would be no parking allowed on the northern 1/2 of the Buchanan Street block between Green and Vallejo from 7:30 to 4 pm each day from March 25 through April 3. Those notices were put up less than 24 hours prior to their effective date and time. Since the 26th, the Sewer Repairmen have been on the street on a couple of days, but only for an hour or two each time, so it is unclear whether parking is allowed or not. It would be nice if the City, especially DPW, could give more notice to residents about what is going to happen in their neighborhood, and especially on their blocks. There was no advance notice of the work on Buchanan Street. It would also be nice if the repairmen were a little thoughtful about their impact on the neighborhood. Finally, it would be nice if all of the work efforts in a neighborhood could be coordinated a bit better, so that the impact isn't so overwhelming. I guess it is just too much to ask?
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