A dangerous two-lane stretch of Highway 41 in south Fresno County will be changed to a no passing zone to help reduce accidents — some fatal —that have long plagued the roadway. To complete the conversion, about six miles of the highway between Elkhorn Avenue and Excelsior Avenue will be shut...
5,000 Jobs Lost and Fresno E-Commerce Dream on Hold Over Land Conflict, Officials Say
Five thousand jobs that would have landed in Fresno over the last two years have gone elsewhere because there was nowhere for them to go. That's according to the Fresno County Economic Development Corporation. Two million square feet of vacant, commercially-zoned land near the Ulta and Amazon e-commerce distribution centers in...
Newsom Appoints Fresno’s Lee Ann Eager to Transportation Commission
Lee Ann Eager, a strong advocate for high-speed rail and president/CEO of the Fresno County Economic Development Corp. since 2009, was appointed to the California Transportation Commission by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday. The 13-member commission is responsible for programming and allocating funds for the construction of highways, passenger rail, transit,...
'Opportunity Fresno' Links Investors With Projects in Low-Income Zones
Fresno-area leaders on Wednesday unveiled a new website that will help investors reap big tax breaks by targeting business and development projects in federally designated Opportunity Zones. The website Opportunity Fresno will provide the means to market to potential investors nationwide by showcasing shovel-ready projects in low-income neighborhoods identified as...
LA Times' Steve Lopez Is All Wet. Finish High-Speed Rail in Valley.
A recent Steve Lopez column titled “Let’s shift stalled bullet train funds to L.A. and San Francisco, where they’ll do some good” in the Los Angeles Times is once again a narrowminded view that perpetuates the decades-old problem of overlooking, and underestimating the value of California’s Central Valley. Even with...
On High-Speed Rail, Will the Real Gov. Newsom Please Stand Up?
Gavin Newsom has said more than once that he wants California's high-speed rail project completed between the San Joaquin and Silicon valleys. "It's not a train to nowhere," Newsom told George Skelton of the Los Angeles Times in October. "It's insulting to suggest the Central Valley is nowhere. This is...