Despite some heavy recent opposition, including a court-ordered temporary restraining order, California�s Department of Transportation and the San Francisco County Transportation Authority have awarded a public-private partnership contract to their selected bidder for the second phase of the $1-billion Doyle Drive replacement project, known as Presidio Parkway, in San Francisco.

The agreement was announced hours after an Alameda County Superior Court judge dissolved the TRO, which was requested by the state engineers union, Professional Engineers in California Government (PECG), and granted Dec. 22. But Judge Wynne Carvill says he will announce a request for a preliminary injunction and a hearing on the project�s merits at a later date.