{"id":341584,"date":"2026-06-01T16:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T16:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/341584\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T16:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T16:29:08","slug":"clovis-plans-17-7m-for-neighbourhood-and-road-improvements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/341584\/","title":{"rendered":"Clovis plans $17.7M for neighbourhood and road improvements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Clovis plans to allocate $17.7 million for neighborhood development, including road maintenance and repairs, affordable housing program expansion, and code enforcement, according to the city\u2019s proposed budget for fiscal year 2026-27.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past three years, Clovis has  spent over $48 million for \u201can ongoing, long-term effort to improve community appearance and enhance amenities in older areas,\u201d  according to the budget document.<\/p>\n<p>The funding consists of grants from the state, the county-wide Measure C, and the city\u2019s own funds.<\/p>\n<p>A half-cent sales tax in Fresno County, Measure C supports transportation-related improvements. For nearly four decades, it has <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/news\/local\/article306854651.html\">funded some of Clovis\u2019 biggest transportation initiatives<\/a>, such as Clovis Roundup Transit and the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/news\/local\/article315774621.html\">Shaw Avenue widening project<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The transportation measure, set to expire in 2027, is still <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/news\/politics-government\/election\/local-election\/article314999758.html\">struggling to make it onto the ballot<\/a> for renewal in November. However, Clovis officials said the remaining Measure C is anticipated to be sufficient to fund $3.8 million of the $17.7 million for neighborhood development.<\/p>\n<p>In the proposed budget, Clovis noted that  affordable housing programs will  have an  investment of over $6 million. Other enhancement aspects include reconstructing various alleys in lower-income neighborhoods, installing lighting along the Dry Creek Trail and building a pedestrian bridge to connect Cottonwood Park to the Dry Creek Business Park.<\/p>\n<p>The budget document also lists the following public street projects:<\/p>\n<p>Design Sunnyside and Nees traffic signalDesign Armstrong \u2014 Gould Canal to ShawDesign Ashlan Avenue \u2014 Temperance to LocanDesign Barstow Avenue \u2014 Armstrong to LocanDesign Bullard Avenue \u2014 Willow to Villa and Sunnyside to FowlerDesign Fowler Avenue \u2014 Barstow to TollhouseDesign Gettysburg Avenue \u2014 Sunnyside to Fowler and Temperance to LocanDesign Minnewawa Avenue \u2014 Nees to TeagueDesign Peach Avenue \u2014 Gettysburg to ShawDesign Shaw Avenue \u2014 Highway 168 to Willow and Temperance to LocanDesign Willow Avenue \u2014 Gettysburg to Shaw and Herndon to AlluvialReconstruct Armstrong Avenue \u2014 Shaw to BarstowReconstruct Herndon Avenue \u2014 Villa to ClovisReconstruct Willow Avenue \u2014 Barstow to SierraConstruction of Shaw Avenue from Dewolf to Leonard to serve Loma Vista CommunityConstruct ADA Improvements as part of various street improvement projects<\/p>\n<p>The City Council is scheduled to hold a public hearing on the city\u2019s $429.7 million budget June 1, and is expected to adopt the budget for 2026-27 fiscal year by the end of June.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/282493138\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/leqi zhong_profile photo.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Leqi Zhong\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/282493138\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leqi Zhong<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Leqi Zhong is the Clovis accountability\/enterprise reporter for The Bee. She is a graduate of UC Berkeley with a Master\u2019s degree in journalism. She joined The Bee in 2023 as an education reporter. Leqi grew up in China and is native in Cantonese and Mandarin.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Clovis plans to allocate $17.7 million for neighborhood development, including road maintenance and repairs, affordable housing program expansion,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341585,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-341584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}