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Residents urge Fresno council to halt or rethink Southeast Development Area Plan over air, infrastructure concerns
Summary
At Thursday’s meeting residents and homeowners urged councilors to reconsider or delay the Southeast Development Area Plan (CETA), saying the project would increase carbon emissions, worsen local air quality and shift infrastructure burdens onto existing neighborhoods.
Residents and neighborhood representatives told the Fresno City Council on Thursday they are concerned the proposed Southeast Development Area Plan (sometimes referenced as CETA) would worsen air quality and shift infrastructure costs onto existing neighborhoods and taxpayers.
At a scheduled appearance before the council, Jesse Neves, a new homeowner in North Fresno, said the plan would add an estimated 500,000 tons of annual carbon emissions and said that would…
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