BART to Hold Construction Kickoff for South San Francisco Station.City Desks/News Editors SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO South San Francisco, city (1990 pop. 54,312), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1908. South San Francisco has several industrial parks; its manufactures include medical supplies and equipment, foods, paint, paper products, consumer goods, and clothing. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 2000 Community leaders and elected officials will gather here Friday (May 12) for a ceremonial kickoff of construction for the BART South San Francisco Station. The event is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. at the station site, located in the 1300 block of Mission Road, opposite El Camino High School "El Camino High School" may refer to:
Sponsored by BART, the San Mateo San Mateo (săn mətā`ō), city (1990 pop. 85,486), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1894. It is a commercial and retail center with some high-technology manufacturing. San Mateo, Spanish for St. County Transit District A transit district or transit authority is a special-purpose district organized as either a corporation chartered by statute, or a government agency, created for the purpose of providing public transportation within a specific region. (SamTrans) and the City of South San Francisco, the kickoff marks the start of work on the last of four new stations being built as part of the BART extension to San Francisco International Airport “SFO” redirects here. For other uses, see SFO (disambiguation). For the television series, see . . Speakers include BART Board President Tom Blalock, San Mateo County Supervisor and SamTrans Director Mike Nevin Michael D. Nevin (born 1943) is a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of California. Nevin was educated at St. Ignatius High School, graduating in 1961, and at the City College of San Francisco and the University of San Francisco. , and keynote speaker, Rep. Tom Lantos, D-San Mateo. Event activities include the unveiling of a computerized three-dimensional model of the station, entertainment by the El Camino High School Jazz Band and the Ballet Folklorico dance troupe from South San Francisco High School Campus South San Francisco High School is composed of four main class buildings, forming campus wings. Two additional wings contain portable classrooms for language and math classes. The "S" wing contains the woods, auto, ceramics, and art shops. , and a martial arts demonstration. Also planned is an InfoFair with participation by BART, SamTrans/Caltrain, South San Francisco Fire and Police Departments, the South San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and Kaiser Permanente Medical Center. BART has awarded a $48 million contract to the joint venture of Tutor-Saliba/Slattery for construction of the surface-level station concourse, an adjacent parking structure, additional surface parking and station access and circulation roads. The contractor currently is completing design work and plans to begin construction this summer. The BART San Francisco Airport Extension is in its third year of construction with 3.5 miles of completed subway stretching from Colma to San Bruno. Work also is advancing on the BART stations in Millbrae and San Bruno and at the Airport. Note to Editors: Parking is available at the station site. Event participants will be available for photo ops and interviews. |
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