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MERCED, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Due to Merced’s downtown revitalization project, drivers and businesses volition look roadworthy closures and detours from present until aboriginal fall.
For the adjacent 2 weeks, 16th Street from M to Canal Street volition beryllium closed. But the metropolis says that the Saturday farmer's marketplace volition not beryllium affected.
"We person started the Bob Hart Square renovation project," said Jennifer Flachman, the City of Merced's Spokesperson.
The task volition grow Bob Hart Square to 16th Street, making country for an outdoor stage, much abstraction for crowds, and further seating.
"We've elected to enactment unneurotic a Brown Bag performance series, and we're hoping to person Bob Hart Square beryllium the kickoff to that performance series," Flachman said.
And portion the metropolis says the hold volition beryllium worthy it, the operation is already impacting businesses. From present until precocious August, Destino's Restaurant patio volition beryllium closed.
"I deliberation we've person a truly bully loyal regulars and so, like, they're going to travel nary substance what. But also, you know, we advertise and we station like, hey, updates astir the operation too," said Javier Sanchez, server astatine Destino's Restaurant.
Staff person added other seating wrong and are getting customers acquainted with parking down the edifice for erstwhile signifier 2 connected Main Street kicks off.
"The one-way directional alteration volition grow the magnitude of the road, the one-way road, and adhd 45 parking spaces truthful it volition heighten the downtown experience, supply much accessibility to visitors to the downtown area," Flachman shared.
Starting mid-May, Main Street volition close from M Street to K Street.
Further down the road, astatine the intersection of 16th Street and R, 2 red-light information cameras volition beryllium installed. Flachman says the country sees a precocious measurement of postulation violations and crashes.
"The constabulary section looked astatine that arsenic a mode to assistance radical recognize that everyone needs to obey postulation signals and postulation laws," she said.
Offenders caught connected camera volition beryllium taxable to fines, but determination is nary connection yet connected erstwhile enforcement volition start.
The metropolis expects the full revitalization task to wrapper up arsenic precocious arsenic adjacent fall.
