Posted May 4, 2011, 7:40 PM
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Droppin' Loads
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Ventura, Santa Rosa, California
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$1.5B Treasure Island plans clear another hurdle
Associated Press
Posted: 05/04/2011 10:10:24 AM PDT
SAN FRANCISCO -- Plans to turn a man-made island in San Francisco Bay into the city's newest neighborhood have cleared another hurdle.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors' Land Use and Economic Development committee voted on Monday to approve the $1.5 billion plan, which would add 8,000 housing units to the 400-acre former Naval base.
The plan also includes 140,000 square feet of retail space and 300 acres of public open space on the island, created in the 1930s for the Golden Gate International Exposition. Currently, only about 2,000 people live there.
Supporters say the plan provides badly needed expansion for San Francisco. Opponents say expansion would create too much traffic on the already congested San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
The full board is scheduled to vote on the plan on May 17.
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