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The city of San Diego took a small but consequential step this week to help make possible a long-envisioned bridge in Mission Valley, southwest of the Snapdragon Stadium site, that will offer a rare north-south connection across the San Diego River.
Tuesday, San Diego City Councilmembers voted 6-0 to transfer a 2-acre swath of property from the city’s Public Utilities Department to the Transportation Department and dedicate the site as a public right-of-way, at a cost of $92,977.43 to the latter department.
The action is a necessary step in preparation for construction of Fenton Parkway Bridge, a $53-million project that will be built and primarily paid for by San Diego State University.
“If approved, the dedication will allow San Diego State University to move forward with the construction of the bridge, which is part of the continued development of San Diego State Mission Valley,” Marc Frederick, a program manager in the city’s real estate division, told council members.
SDSU expects to start construction at the end of September, and the work is expected to take 14 months to complete, Gina Jacobs, an SDSU Mission Valley project executive, told the Union-Tribune. The city’s action is necessary to allow for public use of the future bridge, although the university has continued to work through the bridge permitting process as planned, she said.
Contemplated since the 1980s, the Fenton Parkway Bridge resurfaced in 2019 as a sticking point w...
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