Show I Road d Workers Resurface Layfon Strip Repair Highway 91 After Summer Traffic Pounding I lA LAYTON Special Broken and rutted by heavy pounding of summer traffic a mile strip of U. U S. S highway 91 a mile north of oC here is undergoing resurfacing and will be completed early eaily next week according to E. E B. B Kennelly I I state road construction engineer i Bein Being laid In n a wide foot strip are 1900 tons of rock asphalt purchased by the state from the Sunnyside mines and trucked there here thereby thereby hereby by Gibbons and Reed Salt Lake City contractors who won the job with a low bid Heavy traffic on the road has forced the contractors to detour traffic during the day but open the road to traffic during the I night Under these conditions the road covering covering- is applied in strips that will vill allow complete processing processing processing process process- ing during a day The road is first swept swept- clean of dirt a coating coating coat coat- in ing of tar applied the rock asphalt asphalt asphalt as as- deposited and smoothed and then compressed with rollers Also Alco slated for resurfacing is I the west two-lane two strip of U. U S. S highway 91 from Bountiful to Farmington However Hoever it will vilI be he next year before that can be ac ac- ac- ac Mr Kennelly stated slated Hot weather during during- the past week h has s been ideal d al for the application application application cation of the two-inch two thick surface surface sur sur- face V. W. E. E Eccles general superintendent superintendent super super- for or the contractors stated state Thursday Hot weather al allows allows al- al lows a uniform settling and drying rate he explained Keeping these these roads smooth- smooth surfaced is a a. sa saving ving- ving both to the motorist and ann the taxpayer Mr Kennelly said Mid If we can prevent prevent prevent pre pre- vent deterioration of the roads there will be less wear on tires i and less major majol repair work vork on the roads roads he explained |