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HANFORD, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - East Boulevard Road successful Hanford volition soon beryllium nether operation aft U.S. Congressman David Valadao secured national backing for the city's reconstruction project.
Handford metropolis leaders accidental this task is captious for the city, arsenic the East Boulevard Road connects Downtown Hanford to the Hanford Costco.
The task is inactive successful the plan phase, but erstwhile that’s complete, the two-phase reconstruction task is expected to statesman adjacent summertime and could instrumentality up to 2 years to complete.
"This roadworthy here, my full life, I've lived present successful Hanford has ever been a occupation and dilatory the concern has near this portion of the area," said Representative David Valadao.
With the maturation of the City of Hanford, Hanford Mayor Travis Paden hopes that reconstructing the roadworthy could bring backmost investments and amended residents' prime of life.
"They're going to have safe streets and harmless curbs," Mayor Paden said.
The 1.5-mile task runs from the intersection of 10th Avenue to Route 43.
"I judge it volition assistance postulation and this is simply a precise engaged street," said section concern owner, Manual Silva.
The extremity is to widen the street, enactment successful sidewalks connected some sides, adhd motorcycle lanes, and region the overhead telephone and electrical lines to enactment them underground.
"The implicit task is astir apt around, I privation to accidental astir $10 cardinal oregon $11 million, but the Congressman gave america 70% of that, truthful that $7.3 cardinal is simply a immense assistance for the City of Hanford," Paden said.
Paden believes the operation volition person minimal interaction connected the section businesses.
"Our squad is moving truly hard to person that connection with the businesses and marque definite that we are acceptable to spell for them."
More accusation connected however this volition interaction drivers and concern owners volition beryllium presented astatine a aboriginal metropolis assembly meeting.
