Show S. S L L. S n Will Require Two wo Years I f f I. I Mass of D Details t To 10 0 Pr Precede cede A Actual lI Work Work i 1 By Herb Heib Price J Like Pie the wheels of j justice the cogs which grind out engineering marvels move nove ove slowly This Thi was was evident satur Saturday lay when W. W L. L Anderson chairman of the states state's urban highway committee and assistant chief engineer for tor the he road commission estimated it will take at least t two o years fo for way of and engineering details details de- de tails ails to be completed for the proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed west zide ide superhighway These details must be complete Before any construction can can begin Currently road commission engineers engineers engineers en en- are finishing a detailed property map of the west side aide of Salt Lake City which will be of Inestimable value in determining the right of way he said This map shows every piece e of property in the area between South and North and between West Ves and West giving givin the assessed valuation of both the property and improvements thereon there there- on and indicating the type o of im im- provement Major Be Headache da he Selection of at the right of way the t initial major factor in any highway highway high high- way construction has been a particular particular par pat bugaboo for the engineers on the we west t side ide r route ute since no matter what route is followed great expense and considerable In Inconvenience Inconvenience In- In convenience to residents will re re- re sult Sele Selection lon of course Sa is only part of the problem for after the exact route is determined and agreed to toby toby toby by city county state and federal feder agencies there follows the problem problem problem lem of at obtaining title to the land Involved In routing rights of way through residential and business areas such as the west side of Salt Lake Lale the expense often is great In some instances the cost of the land exceeds exceeds ex ex- the cost of highway construction tion itself And the myriad details detail of ot obtaining ob taming title often project the problem lem into one of long duration En Engineering Details Detail Tying in with the right of way problem is the great engineering detail which must be decided by engineers before during and after litter the obtaining of titles to the land Mr Anderson estimated d one year would be required to reach final approval for tor the right of way and another year to complete engineering engineer engineer- ing details for the And both these thes problems naturally ally en enough ugh depend on the availability availability avail avail- ability of money Currently the state has bM on hand approximately xh w wit i 11 t h Ii which to be begin thinking about the expressway It is estimated this sum will do no more than purchase title to a a. right of way from North to South But But over-all over construction cost covering the highway from the Davis co county nty line to the Draper crossroads with a connecting spur to Parleys Parley's canyon has half been estimated esti ti- ti mated at to Build Up Funds Federal aid money for such construction construction con con- dribbles into state coffers coffers cof cof- cof- cof fers at the rate of about yearly With this sum is put an estimated of state funds for a yearly total of roughly The he federal money Is dependent on n an act of congress and while road commissioners feel this sum is relatively certain there is no guarantee that it will be made available every year in the future Ray H. H Leavitt road commission chairman said Saturday he would recommend to the urban committee a joint state federal body that when a route for the urban highway finally is selected the entire amount of ot money now hand on-hand be spent to obtain right of way This is necessary he said ald be because because because be- be cause industrial developments on the proposed route must be kept at a minimum if the route is to be ec economically n feasible If we l decide on a a. particular r route and then ti find d when we start to build that an important residential resi resi- dentist or industrial development has haa taken place on on- the right of way the cost cot of ot buying the property property prop prop- erty or orl changing the route would be prohibitive he explained Urges Law Change He also urged again that the state law w be changed to to permit state agencies to obtain n land for ultimate ultimate rather rather than only Immediate Imme dID diate diate use We can cut the cost of ot highway building considerably if it we c can nget get t er to exercise the right of eminent domain for tor ultimate use he said laid Under present plesent statutes the road commission may exercise the right of at eminent domain only when an immediate use for tor the land can be shown If the agency were allowed to purchase land in advance of at necessary use real estate developments developments developments develop develop- ments of all kinds could be bl pre pre- tented thus thul keeping the cost of rights of ot way at a minimum Mr Leavitt vitt ind i. i |