Madera County Government Services office opens in Oakhurst

OAKHURST, Calif. (KFSN) -- People surviving successful eastbound Madera County's foothills nary longer request to thrust down to the Valley level to entree authorities services.

Monday morning, a caller region authorities bureau opened successful Oakhurst.

"This gathering is going to supply tons of services that we supply successful the county. But here, for radical successful eastbound Madera County, the thrust to Madera is astir an hour," said Robert Poythress of the Madera County Board of Supervisors.

The gathering disconnected Highway 49 and Junction Drive volition location outer offices for Madera County Public Health, Social Services, Public Works and others.

Soon, it volition person an elections office, and there's country for expansion.

"We're excited to fortify partnerships with workforce improvement hopefully to bring much services to radical successful eastbound Madera County," said Supervisor Bobby Macaulay.

This gathering was years successful the making, successful full it outgo the region adjacent to $7 cardinal dollars. It goes a agelong mode for the upland community.

"Having idiosyncratic that you tin entree connected a section level is truly important, I think, adjacent from a intelligence standpoint - conscionable knowing that the region has services here," said Poythress.

The bureau volition prevention thousands of radical the travel down to the Valley, which leaders accidental is convenient and safer.

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