Brace Yourself for Noise & Congestion During Sewer Work (UPDATED)

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UPDATE, 10/11/2017: This sewer work is being delayed into 2018 and we will post another article when a firmer timeline is given. The Drumm & Jackson Streets Sewer Improvement, a separate project, is slated to start in the first quarter of 2018. A Request for Proposals has been released, but no contract has been awarded yet, so details are forthcoming. One lane of traffic on Drumm Street between Jackson and Clay streets is expected to be closed for roughly seven months. We are working with SFPUC on minimizing impacts to neighborhood. We will post an article on that when more details are provided.

Starting this fall, Gateway residents, their neighbors and anyone who drives on the Embarcadero will be inconvenienced by 16 months of on-and-off construction and lane closures due to much-needed sewer improvements on the North Shore Force Main. Loud noise is expected throughout the project as well.

We reported in January that these repairs shouldn’t be as disruptive as the work we endured in 2014-15, but it turns out that’s not quite true. (Click here for the earlier article.) At the April 6 meeting of the Northeast Waterfront Advisory Group (NEWAG), a volunteer citizen advisory group to the Port of San Francisco, representatives from the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) outlined the upcoming plan, which held a few surprises.

Keep in mind that the North Shore Force Main serves 350,000 residents throughout the city, and this project is absolutely mandatory to keep our sewers working properly. Also, we are grateful to SFPUC for overseeing a project of this scope and for being communicative and responsive. But we want to warn residents, area workers and visitors that they’ll be in for some unpleasant months ahead.

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