On Tuesday, the City of Fresno announced new funding for repairing the road along one of the city’s busiest areas, on Shaw Avenue from Highway 99, down to Blackstone Avenue.
“Shaw Avenue happens to be one of those streets that as you drive, west of here, you will see that some of that area is definitely at risk, filled with potholes and cracks in the street, and has significant deferred maintenance,” said Fresno Mayor, Jerry Dyer.
Mayor Jerry Dyer says the $1.78 million federal transportation grant will go towards improvements on Shaw Avenue.
The funds will be phased in through 2027, but in the meantime for the first time on Shaw, crews are still working to hot patch the roadway by breaking out the damaged part of the street and put down new hot asphalt.
“It comes out of the asphalt well over 250 degrees, and then the crews have a short window of time to get the material in place and then rigged and smoothed and rolled and compacted,” said Assistant Director of Public Works, Brian Russell.