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Residents and neighborhood groups warn Great Highway closure, alley parking could hinder evacuations and fire access
Summary
Public commenters at the Feb. 26 Fire Commission meeting urged the city to reconsider permanently closing a section of the Great Highway and to address parking in Lucky Alley, saying both pose public‑safety and evacuation concerns near Ocean Beach and in the Marina/Cow Hollow neighborhoods.
Public commenters on Feb. 26 told the San Francisco Fire Commission that plans to close a section of the Great Highway and opposition to no‑parking rules in Lucky Alley could reduce evacuation options and impair fire access.
Eileen Bogan, speaking on behalf of the Coalition for San Francisco Neighborhoods, said the stretch of the Great Highway between Skyline and Sloat — adjacent to the Oceanside Treatment Facility and an erosion hot spot — was originally slated for permanent closure under a managed‑retreat concept in the city’s Ocean Beach master plan. She noted the city later obtained Coastal Commission approval for a seawall and said that change in strategy undercuts the rationale for permanently removing the roadway. “With the…
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