Repaving and rehabilitating miles of roads in Fresno

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Take a thrust down astir immoderate Fresno street, and you're apt to deed a pothole oregon unsmooth patch, possibly much than one.

The metropolis says a program is successful question to repave and rehabilitate respective miles of roads crossed Fresno.

"Neighbors successful Fresno privation their roads fixed, and that's what we're going to provide," said Mayor Jerry Dyer. "But it's been years, successful immoderate cases, decades, of neglect."

It's nary concealed that roads deteriorate implicit time. In Fresno, the backlog is substantial, with an estimated $1.2 cardinal successful deferred thoroughfare maintenance.

"When you pave a caller road, its people is 100. Over time, that people drops. We person galore roads successful Fresno that are successful the 20s, immoderate adjacent beneath 20," Dyer said.

To code the issue, the metropolis is launching its largest paving play yet, with astir 30 projects and an concern of $34 million.

"We person antithetic backing sources," Dyer explained. "Measure C astatine the section level, our $100 cardinal bond, and SB1 backing from the state, which comes from the state tax."

Crews person already started enactment connected streets similar Cesar Chavez Boulevard, McKinley Avenue, and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, among others.

Brian Russell, adjunct manager of Fresno Public Works, said readying each item is simply a analyzable process, but crews are moving arsenic quickly, strategically, and safely arsenic possible.

"So far, we've planned much than 49 miles of enactment for 2025," Russell said. "That's a important dent successful the problem."

Mayor Dyer emphasized that enactment is happening successful each Fresno district.

"The earlier we code this, the amended disconnected we'll be," helium said.

Russell besides encouraged residents to study potholes utilizing the 311 app, which helps the metropolis prioritize repairs.

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