The construction is finally complete, but the nightmare is not over for some businesses along University Avenue in City Heights.
For nearly three years, the outside of their stores and offices have been inundated with orange barrels, heavy equipment and dust as the City of San Diego spent $13.2 million in safety improvements, including landscaping and roundabouts to slow down traffic.
The work took almost twice as long as expected, and according to an amended lawsuit, most of the delay was caused by San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E) ignoring requests to identify the location of an underground vault. The lawsuit claims SDG&E’s actions created a “public nuisance” caused by negligence…