BART Approves Increased Power Washings At Mission District Stations
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – The BART Board of Directors has voted to quadruple the amount of time that two stations in San Francisco's Mission District will be washed every night.
The 16th Street/Mission and 24th Street/Mission station plazas and walkways have been subjected to power washing for an hour nightly, but the BART board at its meeting in Oakland Thursday voted to boost that to four hours a night.
The board vote was to award a three-year contract for $982,000 to Puma Washing Inc. to provide the cleanings.
The power washing is necessary to keep clean areas that tend to accumulate stains and litter, according to the transit agency.
The BART Board voted today to quadruple the duration of power washings for the 16th St/Mission Station and 24th St/Mission Station plazas, boosting the nightly cleanings from one hour to four hours.
— BART (@SFBART) October 11, 2018
Read more about our increase in cleaning efforts: https://t.co/CWTBgXJRmO pic.twitter.com/kct31FWBDG
The 16th Street station, which has more than 12,000 users a day, was in particular need of more services, according to BART director Bevan Dufty. He often has gone to the station himself to help clean it up.
The agreement will take effect in mid-November, BART officials said.
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