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Salesforce Transit Center cleared to open any day now
JOE FITZGERALD RODRIGUEZ
Jun. 11, 2019 8:19 a.m.NEWS

The Salesforce Transit Center is cleared to reopen, its steel structure deemed “sound” for service.

That’s according to an independent peer review panel called for by San Francisco and Oakland’s mayors, after cracked steel beams were discovered in the transbay center last year.

“We can represent to you and the public alike confidence that the Transbay Transit Center’s girder problem was isolated and that the appropriate repairs have been performed,” wrote Therese McMillan, executive director of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, in a letter to San Francisco Mayor London Breed and Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf sent Monday.

And that also may mean the transbay transit center will open within days, as transit officials said last week that they would reopen the rooftop park and grand hall immediately after an independent peer review panel concludes reviews of necessary inspections.

But don’t expect AC Transit and Muni buses to start rolling through the facility immediately. Transit officials also warned last week that even if the transbay transit center was given the OK to open, it may take weeks for bus service to return there. At the very least, the public can now be assured that its $2.2 billion facility is safe to use . . . .

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