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*8-6 The Modesto Bee/www.modbee.com N The Modesto Bee , 3 The Modesto Bee's opinion is expressed in the editorials on this page.The opinions expressed in columns,letters and cartoons are those of the . authors and artists. a OUR VIEWS • p • Pelandale w -g finallyis within .sight . The idea of making ON THIS AGENDA aware, that developer Pelandale Avenue a fees have made possible speedy crosstown Tonight's council meeting some of the city's major expressway was lost includes several other items traffic improvements. of note: years ago,but the major The annual update on the Even with this project, > north Modesto street is Pelandale is not full Modesto Garden Clubs y finally going to becontributions to the city, fixed.The interchange widened to six lanes. especially downtown. at Highway 99 remains Tonight,the-Modesto s The next steps to annex congested,with offramp City Council is the Shackelford' traffic backing up onto scheduled to award a neighborhood into the city. the freeway during the $9.5 million contract to This has been discussed busiest times of day. George Reed Inc. to for But because many years. g � Inc., _ we've widen Pelandale between . Adoption of rules for how been calling for Dale Road and McHenry the new shopping cart xordinance will work. Pelandale improvements Avenue. The project is for at least eight years, expected to start within it's only fair to weeks and be done in Poo,The council will meet at acknowledge the about six months. 5:30 p.m. today in the progress that finally is z This represents good basement of Tenth Street being made. r news on several fronts— Place, 1010 10th St: Meetings are televised live Meanwhile,Modesto and good news has been on Comcast Channel 7. The is participating with somewhat scarce lately: agenda is available at Stanislaus County and •The winning bid www.modestogov.com. the cities of Riverbank came in 28 percent below Click on City.Council, and Oakdale in the the engineer's estimate. North County Corridor, It is being awarded what is envisioned as a to a Modesto firm, keeping many of the true expressway between Highway 99 dollars in our communi . and Highway 108-120.on the east side of The project is being paid for out of Oakdale.That is a long-term project capital facility fees, the money paid by but is moving along quickly because developers as part of their building the various jurisdictions, along with nt id R fees. Residents are often c ,.f ynical,or not Caltrans,are cooperating on it.