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County approves 1,000+ housing units near Delhi
Delhi housing
The Bradbury Ranch project calls for 1,069 housing units plus parks (green), a school (blue), a fire station (red) and commercial property (peach). Low-density housing would be built in the area shown in yellow; medium-density housing in orange (Photo courtesy of Merced County).

By BRIANNA VACCARI and MICHELLE MORGANTE

CV Journalism Collaborative


A plan to develop more than 1,069 low- and medium-density housing units northeast of Delhi won approval from the Merced County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday.

The Bradbury Ranch Master Plan required changes in zoning and an earlier community plan to develop approximately 273 acres east of Highway 99, south of W. Bradbury Road and west of Vincent Road. The plan includes a mix of residential units, neighborhood commercial property, bike and walking paths, two neighborhood parks and a community park.

It also calls for a fire station and a school site that would be a joint elementary and middle school within the Delhi Unified School District.

Delhi, currently home to about 11,000 people, is Merced County’s largest unincorporated community. The Bradbury Ranch parcel is about 17 miles north of Merced and less than five miles from central Turlock in neighboring Stanislaus County.

“This represents a culmination of almost 20 years in the making,” said Chris Hawke, representing RBK Development of Turlock.

Supervisor Lloyd Pareira, whose District 4 includes the area, said community members in Delhi were supportive of the project because it would bring shopping options closer to them.

“This project’s going to build quite a few homes, and with that will come the other business opportunities,” he said.

— This story was published in partnership with the Central Valley Journalism Collaborative, a nonprofit and nonpartisan community newsroom.