City of San Diego officials said more than 5,000 neighborhood infrastructure repairs have been completed in the six months since leaders approved a plan to redirect parking meter revenue toward street and sidewalk improvements.

Under a plan approved by San Diego City Council last October, about $1.8 million in parking meter revenue collected in downtown, Mid-City, Pacific Beach and Uptown was shifted to the city's Transportation Department to address maintenance backlogs and traffic safety projects.

Since then, crews have repaired nearly 2,000 streetlights and patched more than 3,300 potholes across the four parking meter zones, according to city officials.

Mid-City recorded the largest number of pothole repairs with nearly 2,000 completed, while downtown San Diego led in streetlight repairs with 936 restored.

The city also reported completing traffic safety upgrades at 81 locations in downtown, Mid-City and Uptown. Those projects included repainting or installing more than 35,000 linear feet of crosswalks, replacing nearly 200 traffic signs and adding 12,600 linear feet of red curbs to comply with California's daylighting law aimed at improving pedestrian visibility at intersections.

Additional work included sidewalk replacements at several locations in downtown and Uptown, including along University Avenue, B Street and West Washington Street. Crews also completed paving improvements near 16th Street and Imperial Avenue downtown.

City councilmember Sean Elo-Rivera, whose district includes Mid-City, said the program ensures residents see direct benefits from parking meter revenue collected in their neighborhoods.

City councilmember Stephen Whitburn, who represents downtown neighborhoods, said the program has helped address long-standing infrastructure concerns while improving traffic safety.

The funding shift followed broader parking reforms approved by city council in June 2025 aimed at increasing efficiency and transparency in the city's Community Parking District program. Under state law, parking meter revenue must be spent within the areas where it is collected and used only for transportation-related purposes.

City transportation officials said the repair program responds to priorities identified by residents in the city's annual budget survey, where street conditions, sidewalks and traffic safety consistently rank among top concerns.

Residents can report infrastructure problems through the city's Get It Done reporting system at sandiego.gov/get-it-done.