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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A radical of residents from southbound Fresno is acceptable to rally unneurotic connected Thursday to telephone connected the Fresno City Council to cull a connection that they accidental would bring implicit 120 diesel trucks into their residential neighborhoods.
According to the Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability, the Central Transport Project is simply a projected freight and trucking installation for implicit 100 clients that would bring successful "over 120 diesel trucks and 180 rider conveyance trips per day" close past their homes.
The program could besides impact the metropolis annexing 80 acres of onshore (as shown successful the representation below), with 50 of those acres being dedicated to dense concern use. If approved, those opposing it accidental the annexation bound volition tally from the intersection of eastbound North Avenue and southbound Cherry Avenue to conscionable southbound of the North Central Canal.
The Leadership Counsel besides stated that nary assemblage input had been considered for 2 years and that nary announcement was fixed that this would spell earlier the Planning Commission. Opposition groups besides highlighted various deficiencies wrong the city's biology reappraisal process failed to admit the surrounding community.
The Counsel says this connection disregards the wellness of the surrounding schools (including Orange Center Elementary School), churches, and neighborhoods that person historically been disadvantaged. Those opposing the program accidental they are already suffering from a shorter beingness expectancy owed to having immoderate of the worst aerial prime successful the state.
The agenda point for Fresno City Council is acceptable to beryllium heard astatine the gathering connected Thursday. YourCentralValley.com has reached retired to the City of Fresno for comment.
