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Sfmta. Im also joined this afternoon by brian who is our Senior Engineer for traffic routing and for sfmtas single streets division, also our Communications Division director candy sue is also here available to answer questions that you might have. Wed just like to take a few moments and provide some sfmta context if we could. First of all, we want the committee to know that sfmta recognizes and takes extremely seriously the importance of Inter Agency Coordination to reduce construction impacts on our traveling public, and San Francisco communities. As it relates to our division, capital progr...

The followup paving program . Let me see if someone here knows more. Supervisors, john thomas, project manager with public works. To the point of the followup paving, serum as youre aware within the bond program, we had a number of follow the paving projects, about 54 of them which were incorporated and utilized a portion, about 7 million of the 50 million available for streetscape improvements throughout the city. In addition, theres been some funding found by the board for various location build outs as they are determined. The process has been spearheaded both by the mta and public works to...

Only notification often that the public does receive for projects that are in duration of 14 days or less. So, what happens is that the contractor, you know, by code is required to place the signs just as the notification, but sometimes something comes up where they dont theyre not they cant start on that day. You know, its inclement weather, maybe there is something they didnt mobilize all their equipment in a timely manner. They have to mobilize their equipment to another emergency job. But thats what does happen and thats what we do in order to try to mitigate or, you know, reduce the const...

Are delivered by a system of extraordinary scale and complex engineering. Man water is essential to the economic viability of new york city. Reliable infrastructure and Reliable Delivery of water is a must. You have to reinvest in the infrastructure every single minute to keep it current. Hurwitz we have the stock exchange, we have the United Nations failure can have a dramatic impact on the nation, and even internationally. So theres a really keen awareness that you always have to be fixing the system. Things corrode, they rust. They get to where you turn them on and nothing happens. But it i...

Built at the beginning of the 20th century, they are concretelined and bored through solid rock. They could last centuries. But the mechanical equipment within them will not. Engineers in the 1950s discovered rust on the tunnels valves. There were concerns that if they closed the valves for tunnel inspections, they may never open again, leaving new york city without water. So they chose to keep them open. As a result, there has not been significant inspection, maintenance, or repair of the tunnels in decades. No one knows their current condition. Hurwitz currently, city tunnel 1 and city Tunne...