A study of traffic patterns between Fresno and Madera Counties is being expanded. The two counties are looking at the potential impacts of a new community just over the county line
The Fresno County Board of Supervisors approved expanding the study to cover traffic on highway 99 and consider adding a new bridge in addition to examining traffic on highway 41.
Rob Terry with the Fresno Council of Governments, which is performing the study, says it will give both counties a neutral starting point when considering possible new developments in south Madera County.
“Make sure that we have this good core of information that we can agree on. And then we can talk constructively about how they feel to move forward,”
Studies of a new bridge over the San Joaquin River have been performed in the past.
The local cities and counties have been in a legal back and forth over the impact of as many has 250-thousand people living in a new town just outside Fresno.
