Department of Public Works

Exhibit:
Map of High Speed Rail through Fresno 

Documents:
Fresno Design Guidelines for High Speed Rail

Links:
California High-Speed Rail Authority

SB1 Interactive Project Map

What is Senate Bill 1 (SB 1)?
On April 28, 2017, SB 1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 was signed into law by the Governor and established a newly created “Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account” (RMRA). Funding for SB1 comes from increases in per gallon fuel excise taxes, diesel fuel sales taxes, and vehicle registration fees. RMRA will provide an estimated $54 billion statewide over the next decade to address deferred maintenance needs on both the state highway system and local road systems. RMRA will provide an estimated $1.5 billion annually to cities and counties for maintenance and rehabilitation of local streets and roads. The City of Fresno is projected to receive $3 million in the 2017-18 fiscal year and $8.8 million for the 2018-19 fiscal year.

Upcoming and Recent SB1 Projects
Slurry seal treatment to extend the life of neighborhood and collector streets:

Repaving projects & concrete repairs:

Safety improvement projects:

Upcoming 2018-19 SB1 Projects
Slurry seal treatment to extend the life of neighborhood and collector streets:

Repaving projects and concrete repairs:

Safety improvement projects:

Introduction

The City of Fresno is applying for funding from the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) program to construct phases three and four of the Veterans Boulevard project. Veterans Boulevard is a regionally significant project which will improve traffic capacity and enhance traffic operations and mobility in California’s Central Valley along State Route 99 (SR-99). A major route in the most productive agricultural region in the world, SR-99 is critical to the economic vitality of the City and region.

Constructing the project has many benefits for the community, including: travel time savings, improved quality of life and an increase in multimodal travel. Veterans Boulevard can move rapidly to construction following award from the BUILD program.

BUILD Application Documents

BUILD Application Narrative

Attachments

1 – Veterans Boulevard Map – Overall
1.1 – Veterans Boulevard – Phase One Bullard Extension Map
1.2 – Veterans Boulevard – Phase Two Grade Separation
1.3 – Veterans Boulevard – Phase Three Interchange
1.4 – Veterans Boulevard – Phase Four Extension
1.5 – Veterans Boulevard – Phase Five Trail
2 -Funding Sources and Uses Workbook
3 – Environmental Impact Report – 2013
4 – Veterans Boulevard Project Report – 2013
5 – City of Fresno General Plan Land Use and Circulation Map
6 – Benefit-Cost Analysis
6.1  – Benefit-Cost Analysis Technical Report
7 – California Freight Rail System Map
8 – National Highways Freight Network SR-99
9 – Shovel Ready Critical Freight Network Project Map
10 – California Department of Transportation Interregional Transportation Strategic Plan
11 – California State Highways Freight Planning Fact Sheet
12 – California Freight Mobility Plan Excerpt
13 – FHWA Major Freight Corridors
14 – Global Gateways Development Program Final Report
15 – Global Trade Priority Gateways Map
16 – Veterans Trail Regional Connectivity Map
17 – CalEnviroScreen Map
18 – Caltrans Cooperative Agreement
19 – High-Speed Rail Veterans Boulevard Agreement
20 – State Transportation Improvement Program – 2018
21 – Federal Transportation Improvement Program – 2017
22 – Fresno Council of Governments Regional Transportation Plan – 2014
23 – Route 99 Corridor Business Plan – 2013
24 – Measure C Expenditure Plan – 2006

Letters of Support

Mayor Lee Brand, City of Fresno

Councilmember Steve Brandau, City of Fresno

Assemblyman Jim Patterson

Chairman Brain Pacheco, Fresno County Board of Supervisors

Superintendent, Central Unified School District

Mike Leonardo, Fresno County Transportation Authority

Tony Boren, Fresno Council of Governments, San Joaquin Valley Regional Planning Agencies’ Directors’ Committee

Fresno City Council Resolution of Support

The Blackstone Avenue Overlay project will tentatively begin construction in September 2018. The project area is all six travel lanes and turn lanes along Blackstone Avenue between Shaw Avenue and Ashlan Avenue. The work will consist of grinding and reconstructing existing pavement and an overlay of AC pavement.

Existing conditions on Blackstone Avenue

Project Limits: Blackstone Avenue from Shaw Avenue to Ashlan Avenue
Net Length: 1 mile
Work Description: Grind 0.2 feet of pavement, reconstruction areas of extreme pavement degradation and overlay with 0.2 feet of AC pavement for all six travel lanes (three north-bound and three south-bound lanes), including turn lanes, along Blackstone Avenue between Shaw Avenue and Ashlan Avenue.