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TRAFFIC CONSULTANTS JAM UP MAIN STREET

City has long history of following experts’ advice & then having to undo the damage

This view from the top of the IOOF Building (Manteca Bedquarters) in the early 1960s looking to the southeast at Yosemite Avenue and Main Street shows the old Manteca Bean Co. on the horizon, El Rey to the left, and a Chevron/Standard station in the foreground.

1960s main yosemite — This view from the top of the IOOF Building (Manteca Bedquarters) in the early 1960s looking to the southeast at Yosemite Avenue and Main Street shows the old Manteca Bean Co. on the horizon, El Rey to the left, and a Chevron/Standard station in the foreground.

Letting a pair of consultants — one hired to improve downtown and the other retained to address traffic movements — with limited understanding of Manteca convince him in 2004 to change his vote on North Main Street is something former Manteca Mayor Steve DeBrum regrets to this day.

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