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GUTHMILLER NOW YOSEMITE
Yosemite Avenue will go south of 120 Bypass
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Yosemite Avenue is about to become just a little bit longer.

Last week the Lathrop City Council approved changing the name of Guthmiller Road – which Yosemite Avenue becomes when it bends to pass under the Highway 120 Bypass – to Yosemite Avenue as a way to keep continuity along a route that will soon serve the massive South Lathrop Commerce Center that will be home to more than 4.8 million square feet of building space.

And it has the support of landowners in the area that have always wondered about why the name wasn’t kept continuously along a route that eventually becomes State Route 120.

Marty Harris – whose family owns and operates Tuff Boy Trailers – said that despite the fact that their longtime business is technically on Guthmiller Road, they have long used Yosemite Avenue as an address on letterhead as a way to prevent customers from becoming confused.

Harris spoke in favor of making the name change but requested that the city not do anything that would change the numbers on the parcels in the area that will be affected by the update. According to city staff, all of the addresses will remain what they were previously – the only thing that will change will the formal name of the street that they technically reside on.

Mike Brown, whose family founded Oakwood Lake and operates Brown Sand Inc. in Lathrop, said that they have always been in favor of changing Guthmiller Road to Yosemite Avenue because the name can be confusing. Brown said that his family, who owns a parcel near where the name change is proposed, doesn’t mind the change at all as long as it doesn’t affect the parcel numbers themselves.

The small spur street that previously extended Yosemite Ave. when it spit from Guthmiller will also be renamed to Yosemite Ct. to prevent any further confusion.

Because the traffic signs on the Highway 120 Bypass already label the street as Yosemite Avenue, Caltrans voiced no opposition to the request, and the cost of making the change will be minimal for the City of Lathrop, who only has to replace two street signs.

To contact reporter Jason Campbell email jcampbell@mantecabulletin.com or call 209.249.3544.

Yosemite Avenue is about to become just a little bit longer.

Last week the Lathrop City Council approved changing the name of Guthmiller Road – which Yosemite Avenue becomes when it bends to pass under the Highway 120 Bypass – to Yosemite Avenue as a way to keep continuity along a route that will soon serve the massive South Lathrop Commerce Center that will be home to more than 4.8 million square feet of building space.

And it has the support of landowners in the area that have always wondered about why the name wasn’t kept continuously along a route that eventually becomes State Route 120.

Marty Harris – whose family owns and operates Tuff Boy Trailers – said that despite the fact that their longtime business is technically on Guthmiller Road, they have long used Yosemite Avenue as an address on letterhead as a way to prevent customers from becoming confused.

Harris spoke in favor of making the name change but requested that the city not do anything that would change the numbers on the parcels in the area that will be affected by the update. According to city staff, all of the addresses will remain what they were previously – the only thing that will change will the formal name of the street that they technically reside on.

Mike Brown, whose family founded Oakwood Lake and operates Brown Sand Inc. in Lathrop, said that they have always been in favor of changing Guthmiller Road to Yosemite Avenue because the name can be confusing. Brown said that his family, who owns a parcel near where the name change is proposed, doesn’t mind the change at all as long as it doesn’t affect the parcel numbers themselves.

The small spur street that previously extended Yosemite Ave. when it spit from Guthmiller will also be renamed to Yosemite Ct. to prevent any further confusion.

Because the traffic signs on the Highway 120 Bypass already label the street as Yosemite Avenue, Caltrans voiced no opposition to the request, and the cost of making the change will be minimal for the City of Lathrop, who only has to replace two street signs.

To contact reporter Jason Campbell email jcampbell@mantecabulletin.com or call 209.249.3544.