SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KCBS) - A major bond measure designed to improve San Francisco's streets and enhance pedestrian and bicycle use is moving forward at the Board of Supervisors.
However, money for underground utilities didn't make the cut.
The bond measure would provide $368 million to re-pave streets and make them more user friendly for pedestrians and cyclists. The Budget Committee rejected a more ambitious $388 million bond that would have provided $20 million for underground utilities.
Supervisor Bevan Dufty supported the idea of monies for the underground work. "I think that there's tremendous public support for undergrounding and it's something that I hear about throughout the city," he explained.
KCBS' Barbara Taylor reports
Bicycling advocates said the undergrounding should be sidelined, citing the costs involved.
There seemed to be consensus that it would be nice for overhead utility lines to be tucked away underground, the committee's majority expressed concern that the additional $20 million in spending might turn voters off from the street improvement plan.
The bond measure now goes to the full board for a vote.
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