What and Where?
The Transbay Joint Powers Authority, delivering The Portal, also known as the Downtown Rail Extension (DTX) project, through its subcontractor, Chaudhary & Associates, will be conducting land surveys between Beale and 2nd Streets along Hoard Street to support the design of the project.
When and What Time?
The work will occur from Thursday, March 21, 2024, to Friday, April 5, 2024, with expected hours of operations from 7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Monday – Friday. Schedule may change without prior notice.
What Does This Mean to You?
- Sidewalks and bike lanes will be temporarily unusable while surveyors are taking measurements.
- Traffic control will be provided where the work encroaches traffic lanes.
- No noise impacts are expected from this work.
See PDF for more details on potential impacts and what you can expect.
The Transbay Joint Powers Authority, delivering The Portal, also known as the Downtown Rail Extension (DTX) project, through its subcontractor, Bess (Bess) Testlab, Inc., will be potholing utilities (i.e. domestic water, sewer, power, telecom/data, etc) on the street and sidewalk along Townsend Street near Fourth Street to obtain important utility information to inform The Portal. Bess will pothole one utility at a time. As the utility is exposed and data is collected, work crews will backfill and cover the exposed potholes with a temporary cold-patch. Once all utility potholing is complete, a restoration work crew will apply the final pavement hot patch to seal the area.
The work will occur from Monday, February 12, 2024 to Wednesday, February 14, 2024, with expected hours of operations from
7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Monday – Friday. Schedule may change without prior notice.
See PDF for more details on potential impacts and what you can expect.
The Transbay Joint Powers Authority, delivering the Downtown Rail Extension (DTX), also known as The Portal, through its subcontractor, Bess (Bess) Testlab, Inc., will be potholing approximately 30 utilities (i.e. domestic water, sewer, power, telecon/data, etc) on the street and sidewalk in three different areas along Townsend Street (between Third to Seventh streets) to obtain important utility information to inform the DTX project. Bess will pothole one utility at a time. As the utility is exposed and data is collected, work crews will backfill and cover the exposed potholes with a temporary cold-patch. Once all utility potholing is complete, a restoration work crew will apply the final pavement hot patch to seal the area.
The work will occur from Monday, October 16 to Friday, November 3, 2023, with expected hours of operations from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. and 10 p.m. – 5 a.m., Monday – Friday from Third to Seventh streets on Townsend Street (see document for details).
Land Surveys along Downtown Rail Extension/The Portal alignment This important work is part of the Transbay Joint Powers Authority’s (TJPA) The Portal, known also as the Downtown Rail Extension (DTX)/The Portal project, to extend Caltrain commuter rail from its current terminus at Fourth and King streets and provide blended California High-Speed Rail service to the TJPA’s Salesforce Transit Center in downtown San Francisco.
Monday, June 19, 2023 to Monday, July 17, 2023 from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Land Surveys between 4th and 7th Streets along Townsend Street and within Caltrain Station Tracks
The TJPA through its subcontractor, Parsons / Chaudhary & Associates, will be conducting land surveys between 4th and 7th Streets along Townsend Street and within Caltrain and King Station to map existing conditions for the design of the DTX project.
The survey work will begin Monday, April 3, 2023 and conclude on April 28, 2023, with expected work hours from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.