Closures around Shepherd Avenue extended until June

CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) -- A months-long roadworthy closure successful the City of Clovis has been extended.

The closure is from Shepherd Avenue betwixt Fowler Avenue and Sunnyside Avenue and connected Sunnyside Avenue betwixt Perrin Road and Shepherd Avenue.

The closures happened successful the opening of January. The roads were expected to beryllium backmost unfastened connected April 16. But that's been pushed back.

People are near wondering erstwhile volition the enactment beryllium finished?

These closures are impacting some businesses and neighbors.

"Within the past six months it has slowed down a lot," said Desiree Rodriguez who has been moving astatine Deli Delicious for 3 years. "We did person a batch of walk-ins arsenic good arsenic transportation pickups, specified arsenic doorway dash and grub hub, but that's been cutdown successful half."

Rodriguez said the thoroughfare closures astir Shepherd Avenue slowed concern down.

"We were making $2000 if not positive a day," said Rodriguez. "Now that's been cutdown to a 1000 if not little sometimes."

Just a fewer doors down from Deli Delicious is the Clovis Meat Market. It's a store that Jeremiah Poytress goes to respective times a week. Dealing with the detours is simply a symptom for him.

"So Shepherd being closed benignant of conscionable makes it a hassle to spell backmost down to Nees which is simply a mess," said Poytress.

Lennar is presently gathering the adjacent signifier of its Heritage Grove improvement connected the northbound broadside of Shepherd Avenue. All those caller homes and radical mean much traffic. Once the task is complete, drivers volition beryllium capable to bask wider roads, on with different information improvements.

Action News reached retired to Lennar Homes, the task developer. The institution said "Lennar ever strives to beryllium a bully neighbour - and that includes keeping our neighbors safe. In this case, information concerns during the removal and installation of utilities required america to adjacent the roadworthy completely. We expect reopening the roadworthy successful precocious June."

On Tuesday, Skyview 30 video shows a muddy mess, operation equipment, and immoderate crews working.

Action News asked City leaders what's the crushed down the delays.

"Our knowing is that the main hold is PG&E," said Thad Avery, an technologist with the City of Clovis. "They had a docket successful January that was expected to beryllium done and due to the fact that they didn't get retired determination and bash their enactment till April, it affected benignant of each the different operations."

The City said Lennar is looking to physique 588 homes.

In a statement, PG&E said "PG&E understands that the roadworthy closures adjacent Shepherd and Sunnyside person been frustrating for our customers that unrecorded successful and enactment successful that area. We are moving intimately with the metropolis of Clovis and the location builders processing that portion to minimize delays and implicit our enactment safely and arsenic rapidly arsenic possible."