There are three ongoing street-related projects requiring lane or overnight closures including one on South Main Street to allow the installation of the new $620,477 downtown arch.
South Main between Wetmore Street and Moffat Boulevard will have night street closures June 9-12 from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. to allow for work required to install the arch.

There will be daytime lane closures today through Friday as well as on June 12.

The 80-foot arch is being built next to the Manteca Animal Shelter roughly midway between Wetmore Street and the railroad tracks.

Manteca committed its remaining $318,484 in federal COVID relief funds to the arch project to avoid having to return the money to the federal government by the end of 2025.

The balance of the $620,447 project is coming from undesignated general fund reserves. The actual sign is $550,000 with $70,477 set aside for contingencies.

Based on the downtown study area for the latest specific plan now underway — as well as the updated general plan that identifies the boundaries of special planning areas within the city — the location selected by the city is within downtown as determined repeatedly by city leaders in recent years.

Oak Street south of — and running parallel to the railroad tracks — is officially part of downtown as is South Main Street to a point several 100 feet south as Wetmore Street.

Yosemite Avenue work from the railroad tracks west to Walnut Avenue is also continuing with periodic lane closures as work is done to replace a water line and improve pavement and dd ADA sidewalk ramps.

South Main Street is closed tonight, Wednesday, and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. between the Bypass and Atherton Drive to install underground utilities.