Newcomb Model Block Streetscape Project Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony

Newcomb Model Block Streetscape Project Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

11:00 a.m.

Newcomb Avenue (between Newhall and Phelps)

You are cordially invited to join Mayor Edwin M. Lee, District 10 Supervisor Malia Cohen, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Public Works and the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency to celebrate the completion of the Newcomb Model Block Streetscape Improvement Project.

This project has transformed Newcomb Avenue into one of the most sustainable and green streets in San Francisco with a repeating series of green areas for community use, storm water management and neighborhood beautification. Permeable pavers, traffic calming, raised pedestrian crossings, new street trees and hundreds of new plants will all come together to renew a street that residents and San Franciscans can be truly proud of.

The improvements are part of DPW’s Great Streets Program, which aims to improve the safety and sustainability of the city’s corridors and maximize the use of public space.

The Model Block Program is a San Francisco Redevelopment Agency initiative for the Bayview Hunters Point Redevelopment Project Area that aims to build community and neighborhood stewardship through private and public realm enhancements.
To learn more information, visit www.sfredevelopment.org or www.sfdpw.org

The project is a partnership between the United States Environmental Protection Agency, San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, San Francisco Planning Department, San Francisco Department of Public Works, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, the Bayview Hunters Point Project Area Committee and the community. For more information contact Lila Hussain at 749-2431/email: lila.hussain@sfgov.org , 415.749.2431

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Newcomb Ave. Sustainable Streetscape Model Breaks Ground in Bayview

From SF Streetsblog,

Construction began on a model for sustainable streets in San Francisco today when Mayor Ed Lee and city officials broke ground on a block of Newcomb Avenue in the Bayview District, promising a much friendlier streetscape for residents and the environment.

“You see a vision right in front of your door,” Mayor Ed Lee told an audience of residents and agency officials who collaborated on the project. “A vision that’s going to bring about slowing the traffic, trees, permeable landscaping – all kinds of things that you see other neighborhoods get.”

The treatments in the Model Block project [pdf], such as greener sidewalks and bulbouts, over twenty trees, raised crosswalks, and chicaned street parking with permeable pavement, aims to treat stormwater as it falls, enhance the public realm, and create a safer street by calming motor traffic.

“This is one block of our many streets of San Francisco that altogether cover 25 percent of our city,” said Department of Works Director Ed Reiskin. “But they were designed more for people to drive through than to be on, and to cover up the environment rather than to work with its natural processes.”

The innovative practice of treating stormwater with streetscape plantings, known as greenstreet treatments, has been commonly used in Portland, Oregon. That city lacks more expensive infrastructure like San Francisco’s rainwater storage facilities and controlled combined sewage system, which are not always able to handle loads of rainwater that fall on the streets.

Read more at SF Streetsblog

Read more at SFGate

Read more at the EPA website