City of Fresno Approves Resolution Supporting Better Roads, Safe Streets Transportation Measure
Fresno, CA. — June 18, 2026 — The Fresno City Council has unanimously approved a resolution expressing support for the Better Roads, Safe Streets transportation measure, a proposed Fresno County initiative that would continue the existing half-cent transportation sales tax for an additional 30 years without increasing the current rate.
The citizen-led measure, known as the Fresno County Transportation Improvement Act, is designed to invest in local transportation improvements while prioritizing student safety and neighborhood infrastructure, and is projected to generate an estimated $7.4 billion for transportation investments across Fresno County if approved by voters.
The measure is now going through the process of officially qualifying for the November 2026 ballot. Supporters successfully submitted more than 32,000 signatures to the Fresno County Elections Office on April 14. The strong response reflects broad, countywide support from Fresno County voters, residents, community leaders, and local elected officials who are advocating for safer streets and better roads.
Measure C, the county’s current transportation sales tax originally approved by voters in 1986, is scheduled to expire in 2027. Funding from Measure C has supported roadway maintenance, traffic safety improvements, and other transportation infrastructure projects throughout Fresno County, including many projects within the City of Clovis.
The City of Fresno is expected to receive an average of about $75 million annually – over $2.2 billion in total – to repair local roads, allowing the city to fix the worst streets first.
Quotes from City officials:
Mayor Jerry Dyer: “The Better Roads, Safe Streets measure will be a game-changer, not only for the City of Fresno as well as every jurisdiction in Fresno County. One hundred percent of the money will stay local under local control. The measure will produce good-paying jobs for Fresno residents and, in turn, stimulate our local economy. This is about long-term solutions to long-term problems that we’ve experienced in our city.”
Councilmember Tyler Maxwell: “We need a real solution, and we need one now. Complete streets for all of our neighborhoods, no longer having to wait a generation or two to get your street paved, the potholes fixed, the sidewalks level, the trees trimmed, or new trees planted. This measure will allow us to take the tax dollars that we have been spending and putting them where we want them the most — in our neighborhoods. When we look outside our house, when we drive to work, when we come home from school, we see these investments in our very own neighborhoods.”
Councilmember Miguel Arias: “The primary purpose of this measure is simple: to use local road tax dollars to fix local roads. Period. In the past, transportation measures directed billions of local tax dollars toward projects that helped bail out state and federal governments for their failure to build and maintain regional freeways. While those investments gave us shiny new freeways, our local streets were neglected. Potholes became a fact of life in many of our communities, pedestrian deaths have set records. This measure changes that. It returns local road tax dollars to their intended purpose — repairing and maintaining local roads, fixing sidewalks, creating safe routes to schools, and improving public transportation so people can get to work, school, and doctor’s appointments safely and reliably.”
Councilmember Nick Richardson: “The infrastructure in Fresno is in dire need of some work. The people who know the most about Fresno streets are Fresnans. That is what this measure is informed by, those are the people who will be making sure it will succeed, and those are the people who are directly going to benefit when this measure passes in November.”
City Councils in Clovis, Coalinga, Firebaugh, Huron, Mendota, Orange Cove, Parlier, and San Joaquin already previously have passed resolutions in support of the measure.
About Better Roads, Safe Streets
The Better Roads, Safe Streets campaign is a community-led coalition working to develop a long-term transportation investment plan for Fresno County. The coalition developed the Fresno County Transportation Improvement Act, a measure that would continue the county’s existing half-cent transportation sales tax to fund repairs to local streets and roads, improve transit, expand Safe Routes to Schools programs, and support safer transportation options for residents across the region.
For more information about the measure and additional organizations and officials supporting the plan, please visit www.betterroadssafestreets.com.