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City weighs municipal asphalt plant options as Port issues RFP for Pier 94 site
Summary
The committee heard presentations from DPW and the Port about the city's aging municipal asphalt plant and a Port RFP for a concrete batching or asphalt production lease at Seawall Lot 352 (Pier 94). Supervisors requested a controller analysis before choosing between a city-run plant and a private lessee.
The Budget and Finance Committee examined whether San Francisco should continue operating its own municipal asphalt plant or support a private operator at a Port site after hearing separate presentations from the Department of Public Works (DPW) and the Port of San Francisco on Oct. 28.
DPW reported the municipal plant at 1801 Gerald Street was built in 1954, had been renovated in 1993, and has suffered repeated breakdowns and at least one explosion in the past year. The plant is permitted to produce up to 100,000 tons per year but produced roughly 36,000 tons in earlier years and only about 17,000 tons last year. DPW staff said the aging site constrains storage of sand, gravel and liquid asphalt, limits the use of recycled content (current…
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