By Christin Evans, HANC Vice-President
Alex Murillo from the Department of Public Works let us know that although no contractor has been secured for the bulk of the planned Muni Forward / Public Realm Haight Street project, the city may start tearing up Haight street as early as June for sewer work.
Upon the news, the Haight Ashbury Merchants Association made a request for the city to delay. The concern being that the city was about to abandon its “Dig Once” policy in favor of a piecemeal approach to the project which was already planned to take a lengthy two years. The fear being that once the sewer work is completed, temporary asphalt would be put in until a contractor to complete the remainder of the work is secured adding to the overall time Haight street construction lasts.