The Trans Bay Cable (TBC) – a 53-mile transmission line that will connect San Francisco to Pittsburgh – is in its 17th month of construction at the Pittsburgh Converter Substation on the northern fringe of the City of Pittsburgh. It’s expected to plug into a substation at the intersection of Illinois and 23rd streets roughly a year from now.  According to San Francisco Public Utility Commission (SFPUC) officials, the cable will provide a reliable way to transmit clean energy to San Francisco.  The cable is “a giant extension cord,” said Karen Kubick, SFPUC manager of infrastructure development. 

Groundbreaking for San Francisco General Hospital’s (SFGH) new acute care center, earthquake retrofits, and energy back-up system could begin as soon as this May.  Preparatory measures for the hospital’s rebuild are already well underway.  The current plans exclude a previously proposed helipad, as well as the removal of trees along the hospital’s Potrero Street entrance.  The hospital’s redevelopment project will be paid for by a bond measure passed last November.

A couple dozen Mission District, Mission Bay, Potrero Hill, and South of Market (SoMa) – collectively known as the Eastern Neighborhoods – residents gathered earlier this year to learn about an effort to engage community members in transportation planning in the area.  The outreach effort will eventually morph into a $1.25 million Eastern Neighborhoods Transportation Implementation Planning Study, or EN TRIPS. 

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Want one of San Francisco’s new City-issued ID cards?  You’ll have to wait until July—or perhaps longer by the time you read this.