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Show Federal Aid Money For Road Projects Sought By Peterson Release of Money Impounded Under President Presi-dent Roosevelt's Order is Sought By Utah Highway Commissioner More work on road projects in Utah and through the entire nation will be provided if the program of Preston G. Peterson, state road commissioner, and his colleagues in Washington, is undertaken by the government. Mr. Peterson is one of the leaders in the movement to have the federal aid highway program continued during the depression. Ke was confident, lie explained at a meeting of the representatives of state highway departments and the national highway users conference, 'that the money impounded im-pounded under President Roosevelt's order would soon be released, and that work would bo-gin bo-gin on the contracts now held up. Contracts beinir held up ill Utah county include the widening; project pro-ject from Fifth North to Twelfth North on the highway, the bridge construction job between Orcrn and Olmstead, and the American Fork canyon improvement project. pro-ject. The release of the impounded money would liberate a Jnillion dollars in highway money in Utah alone, Mr. Peterson explained. Of !this $750,000 would be freed in federal fed-eral appropriations and $250,000 in state funds. Mr. Peterson outlined a program for unemployment relief lo the national na-tional highway users conference, as spokesman for the state highway high-way commissions. Mr. Peterin urged a federal authorization of at. least 100 million dollars for the year of 1935, if there is to be no large public works program. This would enable states to operate during building season on avail-. avail-. able funds, ho pointed out. Highway construction means n maximum of labor, he claimed. If there' is a public works program lie urged a two-year highway program as an essential part of the larger policy, and suggested an appropriation of 100 millions on primary roads, 100 millions for grade crossing separations, and GO millions for secondary roads. Highways can now be built for 62 percent of their cost over the past decade, he said. |