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Mayor Lee says $1.6 million prioritized for Taraval Street improvements; city to fund corridor outreach and ADA help
Summary
At the Sept. Board of Supervisors policy discussion, Mayor Edwin Lee told supervisors the city has prioritized $1.6 million from a 2011 repaving and street‑safety bond for physical improvements on Taraval Street and described outreach, a corridor manager and ADA assessment work to help merchants and fill storefronts.
Mayor Edwin M. Lee told the Board of Supervisors on Sept. 11 that the city has prioritized $1,600,000 in bond funds for street improvements on Taraval Street and described a set of outreach and small‑business supports intended to help fill vacant storefronts and improve merchant conditions.
Supervisor Carmen Chu, who provided the month’s question on behalf of District 4, asked the mayor what specific physical improvements had been completed in the previous six months on Taraval between 40th Avenue and the Great Highway and what the Office of Small Business and the Office of Economic and Workforce Development had done to reach property owners and prospective businesses on the blocks between 30th and 33rd avenues.
Lee said the money comes from the 2011 repavement and street‑safety bond and is tied to a conceptual plan prepared by a community member during a “merchant walk” earlier in the year. “As…
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