In a sense it's a good thing that the fences are up because at this point there are so many festivals during the summer in Hart Plaza that rather than take them down they just leave them up. Several of these festivals are either new or have returned due to the increased activity downtown.

The fences will come down once "festival season" is over.

IIRC, The city has $9M in the current fiscal year budget for improvements that will likely kick off once all the festivals are over with additional funds in coming years.