FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – After a video went viral of a person requesting adjustments to a harmful Fresno intersection earlier this 12 months, town introduced on Friday that there will probably be adjustments to the intersection to make it safer.
Again in January, Ruben Almaraz, a Fresno resident, was pleading for assist from neighborhood leaders after a number of site visitors collisions have been caught within the intersection between Tulare and Minnewawa Avenues -one of them almost costing his life.
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Almaraz says he was gathering his mail outdoors his home when a automobile spun uncontrolled after being concerned in a crash on the intersection subsequent to his home, virtually hitting him.
After the incident, community leaders announced some improvements being done to the intersection in February, together with changing the cease signal to be larger and to be marked with reflective tape.
On Friday, metropolis officers introduced the County of Fresno carried out a quitclaim deed of avenue right-of-way for the county-owned parts of Tulare and Minnewawa Avenues to town. The northwest, northeast, and southwest corners that have been as soon as the county right-of-way at the moment are absolutely inside the Metropolis of Fresno’s right-of-way jurisdiction.
After performing a site visitors research, officers with town decided that an all-way cease may enhance security and tackle site visitors volumes on the Tulare and Minnewawa intersection.
“This intersection has been a excessive precedence for the Metropolis and by the County deeding us the right-of-way, it gave us the jurisdiction to make it a much-needed all-way cease,” stated Mayor Jerry Dyer.
Officers say cease indicators on the Tulare and Minnewawa intersection will probably be put in on Thursday, June 13 by Metropolis of Fresno Public Works crews. As well as, town says new pavement markings and stop-ahead indicators may also be put in.
“It is a big accomplishment for town, county, and the residents in my district to make this intersection safer. There have been too many shut calls at this intersection, and we’re thrilled to have the ability to make this all-way cease a actuality,” stated District 5 Councilman, Luis Chavez.
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