{"id":390249,"date":"2026-07-08T07:34:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T07:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/390249\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T07:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T07:34:13","slug":"clovis-approves-1-47m-herndon-avenue-street-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/390249\/","title":{"rendered":"Clovis approves $1.47M Herndon Avenue street project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/FRS_EPZ_LAND_02.JPG\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"A plot of land at the southwest corner of Herndon and Villa avenues is being cleared for a potential apartment complex in Clovis. Photographed Friday, April 10, 2026.\" alt=\"A plot of land at the southwest corner of Herndon and Villa avenues is being cleared for a potential apartment complex in Clovis. A barn which once hosted Red Wave Wrestling has been removed. Photographed Friday, April 10, 2026.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        A plot of land at the southwest corner of Herndon and Villa avenues is being cleared for a potential apartment complex in Clovis. Photographed Friday, April 10, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>                ERIC PAUL ZAMORA<\/p>\n<p>            ezamora@fresnobee.com<\/p>\n<p>A stretch of Herndon Avenue is set for upgrades after Clovis adopted a $1.47 million plan for street improvements.<\/p>\n<p>The project, awarded to Avison Construction, involves a 0.75-mile portion of road of Herndon from Villa Avenue to Clovis Avenue. The construction includes replacing the existing asphalt pavement, replacing the curb returns, updating traffic striping and marking, modifying traffic signals, and other features, according to the city.<\/p>\n<p>Construction details and the timeline have not yet been finalized.<\/p>\n<p>This project starts <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/news\/local\/article315940444.html\">an initiative to allocate $17.7 million<\/a> in fiscal year 2026-27 for neighborhood development, which includes road maintenance and repairs, expansion of the affordable housing program, and code enforcement, according to the city\u2019s adopted budget document.<\/p>\n<p>Of the $17.7 million budget,  affordable housing programs will have an investment of over $6 million. Other enhancements  in the budget 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>Besides the Herndon Avenue improvements, the city also plans to carry out the following public street projects within the fiscal year:<\/p>\n<p>Reconstruct Armstrong Avenue \u2014 Shaw to BarstowReconstruct 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<br \/>\n        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\/07\/1783496053_230_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":"A plot of land at the southwest corner of Herndon and Villa avenues is being cleared for a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390250,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-390249","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\/390249","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=390249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}