Show WHY NOT BUILD FOR permanence sessions of the utah legislative councils subcommittee on highways being held in salt lake city this week should be of interest to residents of northern utah in view of the current highway situation in this area principal witness at the hearings bearings was roy W TIT eLeese chief engineer of the state road commission who explained requirements necessary to receive federal aid for highways and the problems the the problems the confronting commission at the present time these meetings were called to consider S J R 12 passed by the last session of the state legislature requesting the legislative council to make a study of the effect of heavy vehicle traffic upon the utah highways to determine whether or not the amount of fuel taxes vehicle registration fees and other taxes or fees imposed upon such vehicles are just and equitable at mondays meeting in addition to the financial problem em the advisability of constructing permanent highways with concrete instead of the current blacktop black top practice was injected by some of those called upon to testify mr after indicating that use of asphalt or cement was a question question for an engineering staff and not this committee urged that the chairman focus the hearing on the financial problem confronting the commission it would appear from where we sit that whether or not utah highways are constructed with blacktop black top or cement is decidedly a financial problem that should be studied thoroughly by the council possibly one more important than the study of fees for motor vehicles well admit again as weve stated before that concrete construction is more expensive atthe at the beginning but it has been proven over the years to be the most economical and by far the most substantial when maintenance costs are considered si |