San francisco gridlock intensifies: highway 1 closure threatens businesses and residents

San Francisco drivers face a dramatically worsening commute as a lengthy closure of Highway 1 threatens to cripple the Sunset District and disrupt local businesses. Starting this Friday, northbound lanes from Sloat to Lincoln will be closed for extensive repaving, a project already notorious for its repeated, frustrating delays.

A decade of disruption: residents wary of another cycle

Muriel Scala, a 19th Avenue resident of over two decades, summed up the sentiment of countless locals: