Fresno officials: Infrastructure upgrade needed
Fresno, Calif. officials have admitted that its infrastructure is in significant need of improvement. The city's mayor has said in order to fix its infrastructure, the city will develop a long-term plan while also not designating itself as a sanctuary city.
The city has said that the state-obtained revenue it uses to maintain its roads has decreased due to dropping gas prices and more fuel-efficient cars driving on the roads, Fresno TV station KFSN reports. This year, Fresno lost $2 million from California, and officials project it will lose that amount next year, too.
"It boils down to a lack of resources and the competing priorities for those limited resources," Fresno City Manager Bruce Rudd told KFSN.
Fresno Mayor Lee Brand will be developing a 10-year recovery plan to address the infrastructure issues, KFSN reports. However, Brand cited one reason for not designating Fresno as a sanctuary city as his unwillingness to forego federal funding due to the designation, Vida en el Valle reports. San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee had sent Brand a letter asking him to designate Fresno as a sanctuary city.
“I’m not going to make Fresno a sanctuary city because I don’t want to make Fresno ineligible from receiving potentially millions of dollars in infrastructure and other types of projects,” Brand told Vida en el Valle.
Fresno, Calif. officials have admitted that its infrastructure is in significant need of improvement. The city's mayor has said in order to fix its infrastructure, the city will develop a long-term plan while also not designating itself as a sanctuary city.
The city has said that the state-obtained revenue it uses to maintain its roads has decreased due to dropping gas prices and more fuel-efficient cars driving on the roads, Fresno TV station KFSN reports. This year, Fresno lost $2 million from California, and officials project it will lose that amount next year, too.
"It boils down to a lack of resources and the competing priorities for those limited resources," Fresno City Manager Bruce Rudd told KFSN.
Fresno Mayor Lee Brand will be developing a 10-year recovery plan to address the infrastructure issues, KFSN reports. However, Brand cited one reason for not designating Fresno as a sanctuary city as his unwillingness to forego federal funding due to the designation, Vida en el Valle reports. San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee had sent Brand a letter asking him to designate Fresno as a sanctuary city.
“I’m not going to make Fresno a sanctuary city because I don’t want to make Fresno ineligible from receiving potentially millions of dollars in infrastructure and other types of projects,” Brand told Vida en el Valle.
