Since then, crews have replaced sewer main infrastructure, poured new bus pads and repaved roads in various locations in Pacific Heights, Anza Vista, the Western Addition, Cathedral Hill, Telegraph Hill and the Sunset.

Learn more about the far-reaching project: sfpublicworks.org/VL60

This afternoon they'll apply a fresh layer of asphalt. Previously, crews did the same work on several blocks of Presidio Avenue, from Pacific Avenue to Sacramento Street.

Today's work marks the end of the project, which started in May 2024.

The decorative stripes are fashioned out of thermoplastic: Crews use heat to melt the material and then essentially fuse it onto the pavement.

Decorative crosswalks with distinct designs can be found in different neighborhoods throughout SF: the Castro, Richmond, Noe Valley, North Beach and more.

Spearheaded by District 1 Supervisor Connie Chan and the Clement Street Merchants Association, the streetscape beautification project was overseen by Public Works project management and construction management teams. Our landscape architects turned the community-driven concept into a final design.

Gardener Sean Robinson led the crew during a morning of strenuous digging and planting, alongside Balboa Terrace Homes Association board member Robert Mann who has been a lead planner of the planting project.

Learn more about the City's 125,000+ street trees: sfpublicworks.org/services/trees

Our investigators are still trying to track down the culprits, but you can help us keep our streets and sidewalks clean by reporting illegal dumping activity here: www.sf.gov/report-illeg...

Or by calling 311 or using the 311 app.

SF has been making seismic upgrades to the critical system through the Emergency Response Earthquake Safety (ESER) bond program. Public Works manages the program and provides hydraulic engineering support for the emergency water system improvements. Learn more about ESER here: sfpublicworks.org/eser

The system consists of 1,500 dedicated fire hydrants, a 135-mile pipeline network, a high-elevation reservoir, two large capacity tanks, two Bay water pumping stations and Bay water intakes.

This @mysfpuc.bsky.social facility at the northern tip of Van Ness Avenue pumps water from the Bay into San Francisco’s Emergency Firefighting Water System. Firefighters can tap into the resilient, standalone high-pressure system should the regular water system be knocked offline during a quake.

The collaborative exercise involved 63 Public Works staffers from across all divisions. The more we train, the better prepared we are to serve the people of San Francisco when they need us most.

Our primary jobs in the citywide response: clearing roads, inspecting structures and conducting search-and-rescue operations, as well as acquiring resources to shore up damaged infrastructure and deploying staff to the field to do the work.