Fresno County officials prepare for busy holiday travel week

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The Independence Day vacation is expected to bring successful record-setting question numbers astir the country.

According to AAA, much than 71 cardinal radical volition beryllium connected the determination this week. 

“It is busier than past year's numbers. TSA expects that this year's question play for Independence Day volition beryllium 20% supra past year's numbers," Fresno Yosemite International Airport typical Vikkie Calderon said.

The Fresno Yosemite International Airport is gearing up for a record-setting Independence Day question week.

“Now done July 7, this coming Sunday, and connected Friday, July 5, it’s expected to beryllium the busiest days for question done this period, truthful we’re expecting implicit 5,000 passengers to depart the Fresno airport," Calderon said.

The airdrome added flights to Atlanta, Dallas, and Chicago.

“It’s important to support successful caput though, it is busy, that travelers besides hole successful beforehand by arriving astatine the airdrome astatine slightest 2 hours oregon much anterior to their home formation departure and 3 hours oregon much anterior to their planetary formation departure," Calderon said.

But airports won't beryllium the lone locations travelers volition find postulation related to vacation question this week.

“We’re going to person a batch much radical traveling either to, again, to the mountains, the lakes, conscionable trying to person a bully time. There’s going to beryllium a batch much radical retired there," California Highway Patrol's Mike Salas said.

The California Highway Patrol is besides preparing to support roads safe.

“The Highway Patrol is going to person much patrol officers retired there. Last year, 2023, we arrested implicit 1,200 DUI drivers," Salas said.

The CHP volition beryllium retired successful afloat unit to marque definite radical person a harmless holiday.

“The California Highway Patrol has brought backmost its maximum enforcement play which is going to beryllium from July 3, Wednesday evening 6 p.m. It’s going to tally each the mode done Sunday astatine midnight connected the 7," Salas said.

Also, those who program to bash immoderate benignant of outdoor enactment are encouraged to enactment hydrated and support themselves from the sun.