It appears the Navy and the city of San Diego refuse to let the community know what is going on. The potential for gridlock and air pollution relates to the timing and overlap of the following 20 construction projects starting in October 2010 and continuing through 2012. The Navy Scheduled Navy projects include the: • fuel-recovery project to resolve the fuel-plume leak • demolition of the vintage Navy fuel facility • excavation and thermal treatment of contaminated soil from the large fuel facility • backfit of the new Navy fuel facility • daily operation of the Navy’s new fuel facility; • excavation and capping of three hazardous materials sites (numbers 5, 9 and 23) • ongoing face-lift of the Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery The city The city has its own share of planned projects, including the replacement of 13 sewer and water lines in Point Loma. The cumulative traffic alone would double, even triple the amount of traffic into the local circulation system, which is already gridlocked in the following areas: • Nimitz Boulvard/Rosecrans Street • Nimitz Boulevard/Chatsworth Boulevard • Nimitz Boulevard/I-8 • Catalina Boulevard/Cañon St. • Cañon/Del Mar Avenue • Rosecrans Street/I-5 • Del Mar Avenue/Chatsworth Boulevard • Harbor Drive/Scott Street • Harbor Drive/Rosecrans Street So once again, the city, the Navy and their contractors are leading Point Loma into dramatic traffic snarls and air pollution above ambient standards. The city of San Diego and the Navy are responsible for this complete lack of project planning, as evidenced by the number of project permits scheduled in this time frame. Notwithstanding their failure to recognize the large impact on the community, both the city and the Navy completely overlooked the safety concerns for schools, pedestrians, cyclists, fire trucks, paramedics, ambulances, etc., by allowing this construction that further increases the volume of traffic on substandard roads, outdated traffic signals, signs and service roads designed decades ago for fewer cars and trucks.