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SFCTA releases $30,000 for additional Mission Bay school access planning
Summary
The San Francisco County Transportation Authority voted Oct. 7 to release $30,000 held in reserve to fund additional design and outreach for roundabout options in the Mission Bay School Access Plan, aiming to improve walking and rolling routes before a new school opens next year.
The San Francisco County Transportation Authority on Oct. 7 approved releasing $30,000 of project funds held in reserve to allow additional design work and outreach for the Mission Bay School Access Plan.
The money will pay for analysis of up to two revised roundabout concepts and extra community engagement for one segment of the plan where earlier feedback indicated a desire for more pedestrian amenities, senior transportation planner David Long told the board. "The action today is to release $30,000 of project funds held on reserve," Long said, adding the extra work will be captured in a final report to the board in the spring.
The study, funded through the Transportation Authority’s Neighborhood Program and initiated to serve a new San Francisco Unified School District campus in Mission Bay, has identified three priority barrier areas along an east–west corridor between Fourth and Seventh streets. Long said recommendations for areas labeled A and C were well received and that San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) partners are moving those forward. Area B requires further work: staff will evaluate revised roundabout designs and additional pedestrian improvements and return the revised concepts to the community early next year.
Commissioner Denis Dorsey, whose office funded the study, moved to approve the release; the motion was seconded and approved by the board. Dorsey thanked staff and community stakeholders for the year-and-a-half outreach effort and said he supported shifting a small amount of capital dollars to planning and outreach as the board narrows recommended designs.
A caller in remote public comment raised concerns about nearby Caltrain tracks and urged advancement of Pennsylvania Avenue expansion to reduce surface conflicts near Seventh Street; the caller’s remarks were recorded as a public comment and not a direction to staff.
The board approved the release with no change to the project’s total cost; staff said the goal remains to have improvements in place when the school opens next year. The Transportation Authority will receive a final project report in the spring.
