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Plan For Paid Parking, Development At Balboa Park Killed | Jennifer Van Grove

Episode Summary

With fundraising efforts officially suspended, the city of San Diego’s years-long — and hotly contested — effort to replace roads in Balboa Park with pedestrian-friendly parkland is now a no-go. The Plaza de Panama project, as it’s called, sought to divert car traffic from the Cabrillo Bridge and create an underground parking garage with a landscaped rooftop. But project leaders in recent weeks decided to pause all forward progress after millions in construction cost overruns made it financially untenable. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/growth-development/sd-fi-plaza-de-panama-no-money-20190212-story.html

Episode Notes

With fundraising efforts officially suspended, the city of San Diego’s years-long — and hotly contested — effort to replace roads in Balboa Park with pedestrian-friendly parkland is now a no-go.
The Plaza de Panama project, as it’s called, sought to divert car traffic from the Cabrillo Bridge and create an underground parking garage with a landscaped rooftop. But project leaders in recent weeks decided to pause all forward progress after millions in construction cost overruns made it financially untenable.
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/growth-development/sd-fi-plaza-de-panama-no-money-20190212-story.html