From SF Recreation and Park Department, SF Municipal Transportation Agency, SF Public Works and SF Public Utilities Commission:
City Completes Key Traffic and Street Upgrades to Support Great Highway Transition to Park
The City has completed key infrastructure upgrades to improve traffic flow on San Francisco’s west side, ensuring smoother access for residents, commuters, and visitors. These improvements lay the groundwork for the transformation of the Great Highway into an oceanfront park, creating a new recreational space while keeping the area navigable for all.
San Francisco Public Works, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission have acted swiftly to implement these critical upgrades, improving mobility and connectivity in the area.
The completed projects include:
- Sunset Boulevard Paving Renovation Project– The newly repaved Sunset Boulevard offers a smoother, safer experience for north-south travel. As the first in a series of traffic improvements in preparation for the voter-approved park, this $7.5 million roadway project, led by San Francisco Public Works, repaved all 44 blocks of Sunset Boulevard between Golden Gate Park and Lake Merced Boulevard, a key north-south corridor. In addition to paving, crews improved drainage systems at intersections to minimize localized flooding, reinforced the roadway with a new street base, added 23 new curb ramps to enhance accessibility, and installed 20 new concrete bus pads to improve transit efficiency at existing Muni stops.
- New Traffic Signal at Great Highway and Skyline Boulevard – activated by Caltrans in January, this newly installed signal improves safety and traffic flow at an intersection that previously had no signal control.
- New Traffic Signals led by SFMTA – A new traffic signal at 41st Avenue and Lincoln Boulevard is now online. A Sloat Boulevard and Skyline Boulevard signal will go live Feb. 26. These signals will help improve safety and manage traffic at key Outer Sunset intersections.
“My office pushed for these vital traffic improvements when I heard new signals at 41st and Lincoln would take another two-plus years. I’m grateful for Mayor Lurie’s support to help deliver these improvements in just two months. We need to apply this can-do spirit to projects throughout the city as we work to create our best San Francisco,” said Supervisor Joel Engardio, who represents the Sunset District. “Everyone can agree the west side needs better traffic flow. By replacing stop signs with traffic signals at key pain points, we can make it safer and more efficient to get people where they need to go. This translates into real quality of life improvements for everyday people.”
“The SFMTA has been working closely with our city partners to ensure that the transportation infrastructure is ready for this transition,” said Streets Director Viktoriya Wise. “We are responding to these changes by taking action now, including installing new traffic signals to prepare the streets well ahead of the shift to a new park. Our priority is to keep people moving safely and efficiently as these changes take effect, whether they are walking, biking, or driving—and we are delivering on these critical infrastructure improvements.”
In November 2024, San Francisco voters approved repurposing a two-mile stretch of the Upper Great Highway – between Lincoln Way and Sloat Boulevard – into a new park along the coast. The first phase of the project, opening this spring, will introduce vibrant new public amenities, including temporary art, murals, seating, enhanced trash receptacles, water fountains, signage, and year-round programming.
“This transformation is about giving San Franciscans an oceanfront park they can truly enjoy – a place where people of all ages can walk, bike, skate, and take in the beauty of the Pacific,” said Rec. and Park General Manager Phil Ginsburg. “Thanks to the hard work of our city partners, key traffic and street improvements are already making it easier for people to get here and move through the area smoothly. These upgrades help ensure that the Great Highway becomes not just a spectacular public space, but one that is well-connected and accessible to all.”
“These collaborative infrastructure improvements projects bring much-needed upgrades,” said Public Works Director Carla Short. “The critical changes we implemented provide a safer and more efficient travel experience for everyone using Sunset.”
Categories: Press Release
Richmond Review/Sunset Beacon 
Ah, Finally, Sunset Boulevard is repaved. The traffic signals will help to some degree, however, we were promised that the signals would be synchronized on Sunset Blvd – all the way thru to keep traffic flow moving. What happened? Synchronization is key to avoiding the traffic mayhem feared by the community.
Glad to see the attention and upgrades to the existing bicycle/jogging path. Time to refurbish the whole thing. Still waiting for Rec and Park to repave the north beach access parking lot (Balboa to Lincoln). That lot has looked like the surface of the moon for decades.
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… and add that it should not take a “park” to get paved roads, etc.
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https://www.sfexaminer.com/forum/great-highway-closure-sets-dangerous-sf-politics-precedent/article_846d6bfc-eef7-11ef-8a24-6f58683cd2ae.html
Engardio and the “non-profit” Billionaire crew lie as often as they breathe.
Check out the list of their shameless dishonesty and contempt for our district.
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Millions of dollars spent on 2 traffic signals and they laud it? Shameless. The Sunset has not been really at all upgraded to support tens of thousands of additional vehicles through the neighborhood to accommodate the yuppie developer pavement “park” that Joel’s lies and Billionaire dark money stole from residents and families. Many intersections don’t even have stop signs, it’s every other one. Some busybody activist on a bicycle is going to get run over and scream bloody murder about how none of this was done before they closed the Highway, and they’re going to sue and get Millions more from the City, ie: from taxpayers on the hook for it.
But at least we’ll have a competent supervisor in charge by the time it happens; Engardio should be long gone from pretending to be a Sunset resident. Maybe he can find work lying to people back home in Michigan. The burden of his lies will be carried on the backs of working Sunset families for years to come, long after he’s gone and forgotten.
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Exactly. Joel has lied from before day 1 of his supervisor position. We deserve a real Sunset resident as supervisor who will listen to his constituents and voters, not betray them. Do not listen to the propaganda spread by his rich and powerful enablers. He is well-funded, but still we know the truth that he is not trustworthy to protect the people who put him in office.
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This press release reads like Putin / Trump propaganda. Ignore that. Look this !
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“SF Recreation and Park Department, SF Municipal Transportation Agency, SF Public Works and SF Public Utilities Commission”
I’m no fan of Elon Musk for obvious reasons but those 4 mismanaged departments need some serious deep house cleaning and 50% across the board firings. We spend insane amounts on these goldbricking middle-managers who waste millions on pet projects for their “non-profit” masters. It’s time to trim the fat to the bone.
It doesn’t cost TENS OF MILLIONS to put in a stoplight anywhere else in America.
These overgrown parasitic .gov bureaucracies are the reason that this sad state of affairs is upon us, and the bill for their mismanagement and waste has come due.
Clean house Lurie like your job depends on it, because it absolutely does.
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“50% across the board firings?” Really? You want to fire half the people at Public Works who clean the streets and at the Public Utilities Commission who keep the water and sewer systems working? That sounds like it would be a disaster.
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The 800 Million a year deficit is the disaster, or do you think gold-plating basic infrastructure jobs to the tune of millions is actually how things need to be done? The “disaster” is mismanaged business as usual. They can be forced to do better and frankly we have no choice but to demand it.
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My opinion: What would really help the Westside residents is to have a new supervisor who possesses one key character trait-integrity. This spending of money that The City does not have is for the future tax base they anticipate when they fill the Sunset with high-rises.
Sincerely,
Marty Murphy
sfpoliticshub.com
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You mean a new Supervisor who only listens to less than 1/3 of D4 residents who care about the past and are 65+?
There is no immortality potion.
Look in the mirror. Assess the reality of the situation — and yours.
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I think you’re misreading something or badly missing the point of what is said.
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