San Diego Revives Balboa Park Traffic Plan, Earmarks Up To $1.6B for Parks
Source:
Patricia Kirk, Bisnow, OC/SD Jul 05, 2016
The plan to
remove cars from Balboa Park’s Central Mesa is being revived, San Diego Mayor
Kevin Faulconer announced last week. The plan calls for redirecting traffic
from Cabrillo Bridge onto a proposed bypass bridge and an 800-car parking
garage. The project’s estimated cost is about $45M, reports the San Diego
Union-Tribune.
The new
bridge would lease to a road through the Alcazar Garden parking lot and along
the edge of Palm Canyon. It would lead to the paid-parking structure topped
with a new park south of Spreckels Organ Pavilion.
These
changes would end traffic and parking in four areas of Balboa Park: the Plaza
de California at the San Diego Museum of Man, West Prado, Plaza de Panama at
the San Diego Museum of Art, and the Esplande. Improvements would include a
shallow pool at the Plaza de Panama, new landscaping and decorative pavement to
replace the asphalt road and parking lots. Pictured above is the original plan
by urban planner Howard Blackson to remove 57 parking spaces from the front of
Plaza de Panama. Work is planned for completion in time for Balboa Park’s 150th
anniversary in 2018.
Faulconer also
announced the city may spend as much as $1.6BN over the next 53 years to
improve regional parks and beaches, including Balboa Park. The mayor’s
infrastructure and budge policy director Katherine Johnston told the San Diego
Union-Tribune projected parks funding from Mission bay lease revenue would rise
from $10M today to as much as $80M/year to repay bonds and generate annual
cash.
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