The city of Fresno committed to an agreement Thursday with the California Department of Transportation to allow local crews to remove and clean up homeless encampments along highways while the state picks up the bill.
Caltrans will put up $400,000 for the effort along Highway 41. The agreement includes access to all the highways that run through the city, according city staffers.
“That gives us in the city of Fresno the authority and the ability to go on the state property and freeways to be able to remove those individuals, to provide services to them, and to clean up whatever tents, etc., that they leave behind,” Mayor Jerry Dyer said on Tuesday. “So that’s an important step.”…