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East and West Bayshore projects face utility conflicts; city considers micro-tunneling to limit traffic impacts
Summary
City staff told the committee that East and West Bayshore stormwater projects are moving forward but that complex utility conflicts at East Bayshoreincluding a 34-inch PG&E transmission linemay require micro-tunneling to avoid deep open trenches and long dewatering periods.
City staff updated the committee on several ongoing stormwater capital projects, including East Bayshore, West Bayshore and the just-awarded Hamilton Avenue contract.
Staff described East Bayshore as the more constrained of the two Bayshore corridors because of multiple utility conflicts. A water line crosses a planned wet-well location and staff recently relocated a transformer to ease conflicts. The most significant constraint noted is a 34-inch PG&E transmission gas line (staff characterized it as a main trunk line that serves San Francisco and the Peninsula), which requires close coordination…
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