Safety improvements for Southeast Fresno intersections near completion

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A cardinal dollar task is present adjacent completion arsenic portion of the rebuild Fresno inaugural that kicked disconnected 3 years ago.

"We cognize that what we are doing present contiguous is really going to prevention lives," said Councilmember Luis Chavez.

Chavez announced Friday, 3 intersection upgrades successful Southeast Fresno, Woodward and Cedar has a diagonal crossing, 8th and Butler present has a precocious visibility crosswalk with caller lights successful place, and truthful does the intersection of Orange and Lowe.

Those who unrecorded successful the country accidental the infrastructure improvements volition marque a large difference.

"It's astir clip they enactment the lights, due to the fact that galore times I travel present to the store and radical won't stop. If I cross, radical spell arsenic acold arsenic cussing maine out, it's not right," said Southeast Fresno resident, Lupe Gascon.

Chavez adding helium besides knows archetypal manus the information the streets tin cause.

"I really grew up successful this neighborhood, I grew up astir 3 blocks down that way, and I inactive retrieve bringing my kids, having to transverse butler to get to Winchell elementary, it's ever been a challenge. We've really had a fig of accidents that person happened on present connected Butler Avenue," said Chavez.

Now arsenic portion of the changes - there's besides a sidewalk and ramp for radical to use.

All the additions, keeping children retired of harms way.

"We got 3 simple schools a batch of kids crossing backmost and distant astir I deliberation it volition beryllium a batch safer now," said Southeast Fresno Resident, Fermin Aguilar Sales.

The adjacent measurement volition beryllium to get the lights up and running.

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