Public Kept in the Dark over Golden Gate Park GarageLorraine Sandersbyline‚ Nov. 18‚ 2004The sun may shine freely in Golden Gate Park, but many say the Golden Gate Concourse Authority has gone out of its way to keep city residents in the dark about plans for a garage near the Music Concourse. The GGCPA's Tuesday decision to widen Martin Luther King Blvd. to four lanes and slice sidewalks raised the ire of several opposition groups. Groups including the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, the Alliance for Golden Gate Park and Trees Not Cars say the public has had little opportunity to review or comment on the plans for the project, which was approved by voters in 1998. Opponents also worry that some funds for the project will come from public money, which the voter-approved ballot measure promised to keep out of the park project. |