City of Fresno launches street improvement projects

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The City of Fresno's thoroughfare paving play has begun.

It is investing $34 cardinal successful roadworthy improvements.

It is being funded by Measure C revenue, arsenic good arsenic authorities and national dollars.

"Your section taxation dollars are going close backmost into your section neighborhoods," said Nelson Esparza, Fresno City Councilmember.

The archetypal connected the database is McKinley Avenue from Chestnut to Peach.

Over the adjacent 4 weeks, crews volition scrape up the aged asphalt, region it, and repave it.

For years, McKinley has been a rocky roadworthy riddled with potholes.

"It's not conscionable radical that unrecorded successful the country oregon radical that travel to bash business, but it is besides the folks that spell to and from our airport," said Mayor Jerry Dyer.

The eastbound lanes volition beryllium closed first, and the westbound lanes volition follow.

The McKinley task is conscionable 1 of astir 30 to beryllium completed this year.

"We're ensuring these projects payment each portion of Fresno, from engaged commercialized corridors to section vicinity streets. Whether you unrecorded successful the northbound extremity oregon the southbound end, we're paving streets passim Fresno," said Dyer.

They're asking for patience arsenic roadworthy closures and detours volition beryllium successful place, but they committedness the smoother thrust volition beryllium worthy it.

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