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Developers target squeeze
Effort may mean southbound Main stays wide from Atherton to Sedan
squeeze
Atherton Homes and Raymus Development are working to avoid the need for a barricade like this for southbound Main between Atherton Drive and Woodward Avenue.
Councilman Richard Silverman believes Manteca does not need another “squeezy.”Silverman — who has taken it upon himself to rail against the creation of missing street sections on major roads as Manteca develops — believes one “squeezy” is one too many.He lauded developers Mike Atherton and Toni Raymus during last week’s City Council meeting after they indicated they were working with a property owner to avoid another street gap being created such as has existed on Louise Avenue just east of North Main Street for more than 40 years where two lanes go down to one then back to two lanes. Atherton Homes and Raymus Homes are pursuing development of 1,532 homes on 334 acres south of Atherton Drive and west of Main Street. They are committed to widening the east side of the eventually four-lane wide South Main Street corridor that also calls for a turn lane/medians from a point roughly midway between Atherton Drive and Woodward Avenue to Sedan Road.At the same time, developers are working on a shopping center anchored by SaveMart supermarket on the southwest corner of Atherton and Main that would also be required to widen the east side of Main Street.