Don't Cut Off Bayview for Two Years

Dear Supervisor Walton and Mayor Lurie, As a concerned citizen connected to the Bayview-Hunters Point community, I urge you to intervene in the Islais Creek Bridge replacement project before it is too late. I support replacing the bridge. It needs to be done. But the plan as it stands would completely sever Third Street—Bayview's main artery—for two full years. No vehicles. No T-Third. Just a bus with no guaranteed frequency, no shelters, no schedule. And every car and truck diverted to a narrow and already-congested Illinois Street. I'm asking for two concrete commitments before construction begins: • Guaranteed bus service standards: enforceable minimums it run every 10 minutes at peak with dedicated lanes or signal priority, and weather shelters. The community depends on the T-Third to get to work, to doctor's appointments. We need a reliable connection to the rest of the city. • Business relief fund: direct grants or low-interest loans for Third Street businesses losing two years of foot traffic. These businesses, many of them Black- and Latino-owned, have been the slowest to recover from COVID compared to other neighborhoods. The city provided relief for the Central Subway. Bayview deserves the same. This neighborhood has been promised equity for decades. What it has received, too often, is disruption and delay. Please don't let this project continue that pattern. Respectfully, Your Name Resident of Your ZIP