On October 14, officials gathered at the Boys and Girls Clubs of San Leandro, 2200 San Leandro Boulevard, to mark the start of construction on the city's first stretch of the East Bay Greenway. The club sits right on the future route. The Alameda County Transportation Commission and the City of San Leandro describe a 3.5-mile corridor. It runs from Downtown San Leandro to the Bayfair area along San Leandro Boulevard and East 14th Street.
For anyone who drives, bikes, walks, or takes the bus on San Leandro Boulevard, the useful timeline is short. Phase one will run for many months, but Alameda CTC caps active work at no more than two blocks in a row. That means the project shows up on any one block as a slice of work with its own notices and its own few days or weeks of disruption. The schedule that matters to you is when your two blocks come up.
What "two blocks at a time" means on the ground
The first phase covers San Leandro Boulevard from the Oakland city limit to East 14th Street. It started in October 2026, and Alameda CTC's project page says it is expected to finish by November 2027. Inside an active work zone, the boulevard drops to one lane in each direction. Crews can work 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays, and 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays if needed.
The agency's list of crew work explains why a block can't be done in a day. Crews will build protected bike lanes, repave the road, build or rebuild curbs, curb ramps, and sidewalks, upgrade bus stops, add striping, signs, and landscaping, and update traffic signals at several intersections. That is a full rebuild of the street edge, done in sequence, while the rest of the boulevard stays open.
Alameda CTC says access to buildings and pedestrian routes stays open the whole time, with temporary routes where needed. In practice you might find a sidewalk rerouted, a lane shifted, or a loading zone moved for a while. You shouldn't find your front door blocked.
The countdown that comes to your door
The notice system is the most practical part of this project for residents. If you live or run a business near the work, here's the sequence Alameda CTC describes:
- About two weeks out: a mailed notice with project details, the work schedule, and a contact for questions.
- Five days out: a door hanger for each block before work starts there. The project page also posts specific work locations about five days ahead.
- At least 72 hours out: No Parking signs go up so people can find other parking and avoid being towed.
That last step matters most for anyone who parks on the boulevard. Alameda CTC says some street parking will be temporarily unavailable and asks people to allow extra time to park and walk. For deliveries, the agency suggests choosing a different delivery date or loading zone. Its Community Outreach Team can help with scheduling at [email protected] or 1-888-642-4555. If a furniture delivery, a move, or a contractor visit is coming up on the boulevard, the door hanger gives you about five days to adjust.
Route 28 riders get the same moving target
Bus riders feel the two-block approach too. Alameda CTC lists temporary stop closures and route detours for AC Transit Route 28 as one of the expected impacts. The work moves, so the stop that's closed this month may be open next month while a stop farther down is closed.
Bus riders also gain something once the work is done. The finished design calls for new bus stops and stop amenities plus bus loading islands. A loading island puts the boarding area out in the street, so the bus picks people up at a platform instead of pulling over to the curb. On a street that's also getting a protected bike lane, the island helps keep buses and bikes out of each other's way.
What the finished street is supposed to look like
Alameda CTC's list for San Leandro is long. It includes separated bikeways, protected intersections, new and improved crosswalks with flashing beacons and pedestrian signals, ADA curb ramp upgrades, new street lighting, sidewalk gap closures, new street trees, natural drainage features, drought-tolerant landscaping, and plaza areas. Benches, trash cans, and bike racks are also on the list.
The project ties together places San Leandro residents already use. Draft designs presented to the city's bicycle and pedestrian advisory committee in November 2025 showed a bikeway connector on Estudillo toward the San Leandro BART station area near Parrott Street, with Siempre Verde Park along the corridor. Alameda CTC has since posted a final design exhibit for San Leandro Boulevard dated summer 2026. That's the document to check for the layout in front of a particular address.
Zoom out and the San Leandro segment is one link in a much longer route. Alameda CTC describes the full East Bay Greenway as a regional trail that will eventually connect seven BART stations from Lake Merritt to South Hayward.
Two phases, two kinds of street
The San Leandro project is split into two construction packages, and they run on different kinds of streets.
| Phase one | Phase two | |
|---|---|---|
| Street | San Leandro Boulevard | East 14th Street |
| Limits | Oakland city limit to East 14th Street | San Leandro Boulevard to Bayfair Drive |
| Roadway | City street | Caltrans facility, State Route 185 |
| Status | Construction began October 2026 | Next in line after San Leandro Boulevard |
The two phases meet where San Leandro Boulevard joins East 14th Street, and from there the route continues south to Bayfair Drive. The East 14th Street update flyer lists protected and separated bike lanes, safer intersection designs, upgraded crosswalks, better lighting, bus boarding islands, landscaping, and "parking and loading reconfiguration." That last item is the one East 14th businesses and their customers will want to read in detail before construction moves there.
Start dates for the East 14th stretch will be posted on the same Alameda CTC project page that carries the phase one advisories.
Who's building it and what it costs
An Alameda CTC staff memorandum dated July 16, 2026 recommended awarding the San Leandro construction contract to Bay Cities Paving and Grading, Inc. for $17,574,530.36. The memo identified the company as the lowest responsible and responsive bidder. The same package lists $33 million in funding for the San Leandro portion: $13.5 million from Measure BB and other local sources and $19.5 million from the state Active Transportation Program.
The larger project gives that number some scale. Alameda CTC's spring 2026 fact sheet estimates the full Phase 1 project, Lake Merritt to Bayfair, at $196.655 million. San Leandro's $33 million package is about a sixth of that. According to the October 14 press release, the wider project also draws on a $30 million federal Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods grant, federal One Bay Area Grant money, the state Solutions for Congested Corridors program, and Regional Measure 3.
In that release, Alameda County Board of Supervisors President and Alameda CTC Chair David Haubert said the project "will make it safer and easier for people to walk, bike, roll and take transit while strengthening connections to the places people live, work, learn, and gather." The crew work list shows what that means for San Leandro Boulevard: a new road surface, new curbs, new crossings, and new bus stops, built one stretch at a time.
The address-level view
The notice timeline is far shorter than the project itself. The mailed notice comes about two weeks ahead, the door hanger five days ahead, and no-parking signs at least 72 hours ahead. Anyone who lives near or relies on San Leandro Boulevard has a reason to keep the Alameda CTC project page bookmarked. It posts specific work locations about five days before crews arrive.
If you own a home along the Greenway route and you're wondering how construction on your block fits with plans to sell or renovate, Your East Bay Agent follows changes like this one street by street. We're happy to walk through the timing with you.
