»Continuing Haight St closure

From the Octavia Boulevard project:

Haight Street to remain closed through Friday, February 4th.

Due to rain delays, this block of Haight Street will remain closed at Octavia an additional four days.

During the closure, local traffic will access this block of Haight from Laguna St.  This block of Haight will be a temporary “dead end” street.

For further information, please call the project hotline at 554-5440.

The project web site has lots more information, but still can't account for why the hell I voted for this monstrosity (debacle? boondoggle? absurdity? pork barrel? auto-centric-foolishness?).
Yes, the boulevard does end, abruptly, in front of Flippers on Hayes St. Don't believe me? Look at artist's rendering.