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Town hall scheduled to discuss Fresno’s Veterans Boulevard

By Ashleigh Panoo

apanoo@fresnobee.com
A two-block portion of the planned Veterans Boulevard Corridor Project looking southeast toward Highway 99, seen Thursday, April 21, 2016, in Fresno, Calif. This portion is located between Hayes and Sierra avenues, just south of Herndon Avenue between Saroyan Elementary and River Bluff Elementary schools.
A two-block portion of the planned Veterans Boulevard Corridor Project looking southeast toward Highway 99, seen Thursday, April 21, 2016, in Fresno, Calif. This portion is located between Hayes and Sierra avenues, just south of Herndon Avenue between Saroyan Elementary and River Bluff Elementary schools. Eric Paul Zamora Fresno Bee file

Fresno City Councilmember Steve Brandau will host a town hall to discuss the Veterans Boulevard Project on Wednesday.

Brandau will be joined by City Manager Bruce Rudd, Director of Public Works Scott Mozier and Fresno Council of Governments Executive Director Tony Boren.

The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. at in the cafeteria at Herndon-Barstow Elementary at 6265 N. Grantland Ave.

The project aims to construct a six-lane corridor that will improve access to Highway 99 and relieve congestion, according to the Fresno Council of Governments.

Ashleigh Panoo: 559-441-6010, @AshleighPan

This story was originally published March 27, 2017 at 8:49 PM with the headline "Town hall scheduled to discuss Fresno’s Veterans Boulevard."

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