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Board committee backs Port–NPS framework to reshape Pier 31½ embarkation site with $33 million investment
Summary
The Budget & Finance Committee recommended approval of a Port–National Park Service general agreement to secure a long‑term Alcatraz embarkation site at Pier 31½, backing a public‑private package the Port says will channel roughly $33 million into improvements and create retail and a public plaza.
Chair Cohen’s Budget & Finance Committee on Sept. 13 recommended that the full Board approve a general agreement between the Port of San Francisco and the National Park Service to establish a long‑term embarkation site for Alcatraz Island at Pier 31½.
Port Director Elaine Forbes told the committee the agreement frames a multi‑party approach for operations, leasing and visitor services and would support a roughly $33,000,000 investment to transform the currently unimproved area into pedestrian plaza, visitor interpretation and retail, improve circulation for embarking vessels and add an additional berth to ease passenger flow. Forbes said the agreement sets the terms among the Port, the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and the Golden Gate National…
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