The City of Fresno was recently honored by the American Public Works Association (APWA) Central California Chapter with the Transportation Project of the Year Award for the Veterans Boulevard SR99 Interchange & Corridor Project.

This annual meeting and awards ceremony recognizes projects within Central California in categories that include disaster/emergency repair, structures, and transportation that promote excellence in demonstrating creativity, ingenuity, and efficiency in the delivery of public works projects that have a profound impact on the community.

The Veterans Boulevard Project includes the construction of a new six-lane super-arterial roadway in northwest Fresno; an interchange at State Route (SR) 99, with a grade separation over the realigned Golden State Boulevard and grade separation of future California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) tracks and existing Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) track; a northern extension of Veterans Boulevard to Herndon Avenue; a southern extension of Veterans Boulevard to Shaw Avenue; a 12’-wide Class I multipurpose trail; and installation of adaptive intelligent transportation technology for traffic synchronization.

The overall project work has been split into 5 phases which are nearing completion, with the entirety of the corridor to be open to traffic in mid-November 2023.