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Illinois Street Bridge construction at Islais Creek:hearing
More action on Islais Creek. At the same location as the recent disasterous sewage spill, the Port of SF and Catellus are planning a huge truck and rail bridge. Following public pressure, there is a public hearing at 6pm Tuesday December 18 at the Port Office. Business and industry interests were invited, the greater community must invite itself.
Community Meeting on Illinois Street Rail/Truck Bridge. The Port of San Francisco is proposing to construct the Illinois Street Rail/Truck Bridge across Islais Creek, to primarily function as a rail/truck connection between the Port’s Northern and Southern Maritime Terminals. An update on the project schedule and regulatory approval process will be provided and Port representatives will be available to take comments and answer questions.
The above notice was posted in the SFBayview newspaper. The Port sent emails to the business interests but not to the community. What was once a plan for a rail line across the creek has become a plan for a 4-lane truck bridge plus rail towering over the Muwekma Ohlone park and its neighbors. The bridge will carry construction materials from industry in the "effluent" south (Bayview Hunters Point) to the "affluent" north (Mission Bay). What kind of funny business are the Port of SF and Catellus Real Estate (formerly Southern Pacific Railroad) cooking up? Is the Port doing it's duty as a public trust of bay shore lands and port facilities, or merely being an agent of gentrification for corporate interests?
6pm Tuesday at the Port Administrative Offices at Pier 1, Bayside #1 Conference Room, just north of the Ferry building on the Embarcadero SF. Info:Dan Bell, Port Planning Department, 415-274-0585.
prior article on Islais creek sewer spill:
http://www.indybay.org/2001/11/110258.php
The above notice was posted in the SFBayview newspaper. The Port sent emails to the business interests but not to the community. What was once a plan for a rail line across the creek has become a plan for a 4-lane truck bridge plus rail towering over the Muwekma Ohlone park and its neighbors. The bridge will carry construction materials from industry in the "effluent" south (Bayview Hunters Point) to the "affluent" north (Mission Bay). What kind of funny business are the Port of SF and Catellus Real Estate (formerly Southern Pacific Railroad) cooking up? Is the Port doing it's duty as a public trust of bay shore lands and port facilities, or merely being an agent of gentrification for corporate interests?
6pm Tuesday at the Port Administrative Offices at Pier 1, Bayside #1 Conference Room, just north of the Ferry building on the Embarcadero SF. Info:Dan Bell, Port Planning Department, 415-274-0585.
prior article on Islais creek sewer spill:
http://www.indybay.org/2001/11/110258.php
For more information:
http://www.islaiscreek.org
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The Port Authority, Catellus, and regulatory agencies associated with the proposed Illinois Street Bridge, have repeatedly stated that there will be no bicycle traffic allowed on the bridge, because of reasons of safety, engineering, and other factors.(please do your homework) Our community actually embraces the concept of pedestrian and bicycle traffic along Illinois, and wish infact, that the entire length of Illinois would be exclusivley dedicated as such.
Infact you are right, this has nothing to do with the sewer pipe collapse, yet the pipe collapse is symbolic of 50 years of many, many, many ancient and ongoing issues for the our area, the Central and Southern WaterFront Areas. We are not trying to block the "whole thing" as you stated in the above entry, we are actually desparately. passionately, and angrily demanding a true public process for all of the hundreds of billions of dollars of development marching south, down Third Street that currently seem to have no true comprehesive, and real public process, and many, many closed door sessions with the prospective developers.
We are already overburdened with all of the heavy industry and all of the environmental hazards and environmental diseases of San Francisco, which includes the highest breast cancer rates in the USA, high middle and old age cancers, high childhood leukimia and asthma rates, etc..and therefore, deserve a voice in the public process.
A new bridge, will infact, as shown by numerous studies by Cal Trans, not reduce traffic, or emissions, but, on the contrary, generate an increase as such.
The other important issues for this community are that the bridge will actually enhanceand increase industry, gentrification and development in this area, which include projects such as Parcel A Townhouses ( eviction of the largest Art community in the west, ( Building 101, or "What's the Point")
Mission Bay, Third Street Light Rail, Sewage Digestor Plants at Islais Creek, New Sewer Treatment Plant, SF Redevelopment Agency's Hunters Point Bayview Revitalization Plan, Mirant Potrero Power Plant Expansion, the Industry and the PAC's expansion in the Backlands, Central WaterFront Expansion Plan, possibly a new Olympics Infrastructure, and more...
I would implore you to do more homework, and most certainly to attend the many community meetings in our area to understand the issues at hand.
We have seen no attendance or emails from the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition to date. Furthermore, intuitively, we feel your constiuency is certainly not residing in a majority in this area.
Fiinally, I would implore you and your organization ( although you seem to be the only SFBC entry at sfindymedia) to respond to this letter, via my e mail, or sfindimedia comments.
Exactly what major long term benefits do you see for this community, as a result of a new bridge?
Most resolutely,
David and local community
THE BIKE COALITION/Steven Bodzin ARE LACKIES OF THE PORT WHO GET THEIR LITTLE BIKE LANE AND THEN DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, GO BACK TO THE MISHION AND DRINK CAPPACINOS. THE MEETINGS ARE A FARCE, THEY LIE, THEY CHANGE THEIR STORY EVERY MEETING. THEY DRINK THEIR CAPPACINOS IN PACIFIC HEIGHTS AND THE CASTRO. THEY DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT LOCALS. THEY WON'T EVEN HAVE THE REAL PORT COMMISSIONERS GO TO THE MEETINGS, THEY JUST SEND THEIR LACKEYS. IT IS ALL A CORPORATE SCAM WITH CATELLUS ON TOP PULLING THE STRINGS OF THE PORT PUPPETS.
THEY BREAK SEWER MAINS JUST DOING PRELIMARY WORK LET ALONE A BRIDGE. THEY COULDN'T DIG AN OUTHOUSE HOLE WITH OUT BUNGLING IT. THEY SUBCONTRACT OUT TO COMPANIES FROM ALABAMA WHO DON'T GIVE A SHIT IF SEWAGE SPILLS INTO THE CREEK AND BAY FOR WEEKS AT A TIME AS IT IS STILL DOING SINCE THE BREAK OVER THANKSGIVING. GO SEE THE OPEN SEWER PIT HOLE WHICH USED TO BE A BEAUTIFUL PARK OF RECLAIMED INDUSTRIAL LAND. THE PORT TREAT THE EARTH AS A SANDBOX TO BUILD THEIR CRAP ON TO KEEP THEM IN JOBS THAT DO NO GOOD IN THE END, THEY JUST TAKE FROM SOCIETY AS DOEWS THE BIKE COALITION/Steven Bodzin PUNK. EVERYONE IS IN EVERYONE ELSE'S BACK POCKET GETTING THEIR LITTLE HAND OUTS EXCEPT THE LOCALS. SOMEHOW THE COMMUNITY IS LEFT OUT OF THE PROCESS. WELL GUESS WHAT, YOU ALL ARE IN FOR A BIG SUPRISE.
On another note the S.F. Port Authority is NOT sensitive to the Artists and the Arts in San Francisco. I for one will tell you - this is going to be a WAR. NO BRIDGE ON ISLAIS CREEK. T he S.F. Port Authority is catering to GREED and to the REDEVELOPERS. GREED, GREED, and MORE GREED.
I want to thank the hundreds of concerned citizens, artists who have show their support by signing the petition:
http://www.islaiscreek.com
Remember, UNITED we can dialog, united we can build the ARTS community - UNITED we can keep the bridge UNBUILT.
John Seagrave <seagrave [at] sfsu.edu>
1. The pipe in question is an effluent water pipe returning water back to the bay only a few hundred yards down.
2. When exposing the leak on the pipe the City and the Contractors discuvered algae growing. A curator of algae from Berkley University said the algae was many months old, long before the contractors arrived to work.
3.The decayed rebar has been studied and muti year decay was present.
4. The City just installed a new pump station and was testing it at the time of the break.
5. The weld that cracked was not supposed to be there. The construction of the 60" effluent line did not follow manufacture recomendations or design plans.
Bottom line? The City clams up and tries to blame contractors for their faulty line. Contactors could have been long gone but the City won't even follow their own contracts. The City will waist tax payrer money in court, rather then fixing a problem created by them.