San Bruno Grade Sep Project to Require Short Term Street Closures
September 6, 2013
During September, two streets in the City of San Bruno will be closed to accommodate work on the San Bruno Grade Separation Project.
During these closures the streets will be lowered to increase the vehicular clearance under the crossings. Once completed, the clearance at the intersections will be approximately 15 feet.
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• San Mateo Avenue, between Huntington and San Bruno avenues, will be closed from 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 6, until 5 a.m. Monday, Sept. 9.
• San Bruno Avenue, between First and Huntington avenues, will be closed on two separate occasions. The first portion of the work will require partial closure of the street from 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13, until 5 a.m. Monday, Sept. 16. The second portion will completely shut down San Bruno Avenue at Huntington Avenue. That closure is scheduled for 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20, until 5 a.m. Monday, Sept. 30.
During the closures, Caltrain will establish detour signs for pedestrians and motorists to help with traffic flow. During the full shutdown of San Bruno Avenue, electronic signs will be displayed on San Bruno Avenue and on El Camino Real directing traffic around the closure. Night work will be done in accordance with Caltrain and city agreements and ordinances, and all closures have been coordinated with emergency services.
The grade separation is a $155 million project that will dramatically improve safety in downtown San Bruno by elevating the train tracks over San Bruno, San Mateo and Angus avenues.
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San Bruno’s grade separation project is funded by $92.5 million in sales tax revenues from Measure A, a voter-approved half-cent sales tax for transit and transportation projects in San Mateo County. Those Measure A dollars were leveraged to attract $55.9 million in state funds and $6.6 million in federal funds. Fifteen percent of all the funds collected under the reauthorized measure (approved by voters in 2004) are allocated to Caltrain grade separation projects.
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