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By For The Madera Tribune

Reconstruction work has begun on Avenue 15, between Road 29 and Road 35. The project is Madera County's first to be funded by the federal stimulus.

Avenue 15 is one of the county's four east-west, two-lane major arterial roadways serving Bonadelle Ranchos and the southeast area of the City of Madera.

County Road Commissioner Johannes Hoevertsz started compiling a list of needed, ready-to-build projects when the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was proposed. This enabled the county to quickly apply when the bill was approved.

"It has been a great challenge competing for these funds as everything came down to last-second situations," said Madera County Supervisor Frank Bigelow. "However, even with our limited resources and capabilities, Johannes stretched us to the max to perform under federal rules."

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