McLaren-TP-Trails---Contract-Amendment---Staff-Report-1016725

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  • DataSF neighborhood_pulse (Twin Peaks, 311 + eviction counts) reasoning: 'The duplicate check came back "warn" (0.567), not pivot or skip — the nearest piece is about skate infrastructure, not parks. The angle here is specific: a closed road being converted to a linear park, an active construction contract with a dollar amount and a named contractor, and a trail network that has been quietly rebuilt over two years. That clearly differentiates from the prior de Young observation deck piece. The three editorial fixes applied: lede now leads with the news (the Promenade conversion), invented wear-texture removed, and the unverified "federally threatened" butterfly designation stripped. The 311 characterization is trimmed to just the count. Word count ~380, solidly Tier 2. Hero image is a dusk panorama from Twin Peaks by Christian Mehlführer, CC BY 2.5.' image_candidate: url: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/SanFrancisco_from_TwinPeaks_dusk_MC.jpg license: CC BY 2.5 credit: Christian Mehlführer (User:Chmehl) source_url: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SanFrancisco_from_TwinPeaks_dusk_MC.jpg source: wikimedia

The city is converting the permanently closed section of Twin Peaks Boulevard into a linear park, with construction set to begin in May 2026. It's the capstone of a multi-year, $2.9 million trail overhaul that has already put new steps, retaining walls, and a new connector trail on the peaks.

In May 2026, the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department is set to begin converting the permanently closed section of Twin Peaks Boulevard into a linear park called the Twin Peaks Promenade. Construction will run approximately nine months. While it proceeds, both the project area and the Crestline Connector Trail will close; the department is directing visitors toward a route to Christmas Tree Point instead.

The Promenade will include a paved ADA-accessible path, a ParkTread trail, habitat restoration, overlooks, seating, bike racks, and interpretive signage about local ecology, including the Mission Blue Butterfly. "Ecological protection and restoration are central to the project's design," Recreation and Parks said in a project update.

That project is the capstone of a multi-year overhaul that has been reshaping the Twin Peaks trail network since 2024. New steps, retaining walls, habitat fencing, and wayfinding signage went in at Noe Peak and the southern switchback in late 2024. The Crestline Connector Trail — which restores access between Crestline Drive and the summit and links to the Creeks-to-Peaks and Bay Area Ridge Trail networks — opened in August 2025.

The construction has run on a shared contract with McLaren Park. Cazadoro Construction, Inc. won the combined Twin Peaks and McLaren Trails job in August 2024 at an initial value of $2,543,630; an October 2025 amendment expanded it to $2,921,098 after site condition changes and accessibility requirements added scope. The Twin Peaks trail segment drew $688,211 in funding from the 2012 Bond (Trails and Natural Features), a Habitat Conservation Fund Grant, and a Regional Parks Program Grant. Lauren Dietrich Chavez, the Recreation and Parks project manager, described the Twin Peaks segment as substantially complete in the October 2025 contract report.

A separate project targeting erosion control, decommissioning of informal social trails, and habitat restoration is also scheduled for Spring 2026 — overlapping with the Promenade's construction start. The Twin Peaks neighborhood logged 49 311 requests in the last seven days and one eviction notice in the last 90 days.

Walk up now and the Crestline Connector is open, the Noe Peak steps are set, and new signs mark the junctions. Come back next winter and the asphalt where cars once turned around will be gone.