i think this is my fifth groundbreaking. unbelievable. we were here with senator boxer, twice with speaker policy. i think we found some neighbors and did one of our own. this is a product that goes back many years. i remember when i was 10 years old, the parking and traffic commission in 1996 to reject never talking about this project. in 1955, folks said that it was time to fix this half hour affair. the repair thoroughfare. it needed to be structurally change. hundreds of thousands of vehicles go across every day. on the weekend, we see just as many cars built over as we do during the weekdays. this is a vital link to the economic vibrancy to the northern part of the state and it is essential that we are here. we ve received victor in your organization, a number of structural safety rating of 2, not out of time, but out of 100. one of the seismically structurally unsafe structure in the country. but that in perspective. you remember the calamity in minneapolis. that ha
for your introduction but for your stewardship and leadership and constancy. thank you for your faith, love, and devotion. this is one of the things i know you care deeply about. that showed throughout the course of this effort and the course of the work that is being done here. thank you very much. [applause] i remember then that chair jake mcgoldrick saying to the mayor in an early speech that he jogged every morning under those drives. he said, do not job under the structure. you never know what could happen. [laughter] we get now to the point here where people are too cold and we need to wrap up quickly, but we still have a couple more speakers. let me very quickly acknowledge, as the mayor said, and echoing his words, the incredible work of the people that are actually delivering this project on the ground. most of them do not freeze because they are actually moving around when they are at the construction site. others are moving around and beating the bushes in othe
i used to have to run under doyle drive to get to the park. let me suggest a couple more things. this would not have been possible without the leadership of gen chapel. the day i was important or reject i was appointed, he was in my office talking about this. if you could give a day could round of applause to spur and jim. here is the problem. two years ago we were half a billion dollars short in funding. we had some bad to plant, and are not the work being done. i think the final eir was done in 2008 of the did not have the money. it was because and this is never acknowledged, and it deserves to be. especially now with the governor supporting my opponent, i do not need to promote him, but you have to support his appointee i get it. governor schwarzenegger deserves an extraordinary amount of credit. because of dale and his leadership susan kennedy on his staff. this was not always on the top of the list. you were sending money down south. at the last minute, the bricks
your feet again. these guys have been that almost every meeting of consequence on this, so the federal government has been very much engaged, working with us along the way. weasel we also want to acknowledge that come into my right. the gentleman to my right. before he takes off, he is a hard-working man. [laughter] this is just one of many complex and major projects that are underway in the bay area. i sleep better at night knowing that there are moving this forward because they do such a great job. all the people here in hard hats, vests, i want to the knowledge the hard work you do. you are the ones that take the raw materials and then turn them into world class projects that will stand the test of time, keep people safe, and keep traffic moving for many years into the future. thank you for the work that you do. we are here today celebrating a major milestone, getting the tunnel under construction. i just want to emphasize how important the entire project is. we had be
here in this warm city of san francisco. we are grateful for the opportunity to work on the presidio parkway doyle drive replacement project. we are doubly grateful. not only did we have the opportunity to win a contract, but additionally we are going to be working on contract for. the total value of those contracts is approximately $3 million. you re probably wondering how did you do that? what i did was i attended just done the street, i attended and out event for small business enterprises conducted by paul prendergast and his team. that afforded me the opportunity. all of the general contractors were there, and i had the opportunity as a small business to reach out to each of them face to face and talk about my business and how i can team with them and work on this project together. being a woman-owned firm, with my husband out here in the audience and my son running this truck here they have been at my side. and i cannot tell you what this means to my business. i