The final funding piece for a key roadway project in northwest Fresno, planned for decades, finally came through. The U.S. Dept. of Transportation awarded the Veterans Boulevard Project a $10.5 BUILD Grant on Wednesday for a project with an estimated total cost of $139 million. Listen to this article: ...
Finally, Veterans Boulevard Is Going Somewhere Big and Exciting
Thirty-five years after it was envisioned by Fresno planners, long-stalled Veterans Boulevard moved forward Tuesday morning with phase one of a plan that ultimately should ease some of the city's most congested traffic. This phase is modest: a new $5.5 million section of Bullard Avenue helping residents south of Herndon...
Opponents Force New Animal Shelter to a Different Spot
Plans for a new animal shelter in a northwest Fresno neighborhood appear over. However, the shelter currently cramped at the former county morgue now is slated to move to a much larger location just a half-mile away. And, says Brenda Mitchell, board president of Fresno Humane Animal Services, construction is expected...
Lawsuit Filed Over Proposed NW Fresno Animal Shelter
Neighbors of a controversial new animal shelter are taking to the courts in an attempt to stop the project. Shortly after the Fresno County Board of Supervisors voted Oct. 23 to set in motion a new animal shelter near a northwest Fresno neighborhood, attorney John Kinsey said legal action was...
Animal Shelter Gets Green Light, but Likely Lawsuit Awaits
Overcome with emotion, Derrel Ridenour wiped his eyes with tears of joy and tears of victory. Moments earlier Tuesday, the business magnate and animal lover heard the news he’s fought years to hear — unanimous approval of the animal shelter he wants to build. “When you go to shelters, and...