SL g L. L Police Will Repaint Lanes For Safety of Pedestrians MARKINGS WORN OFF BY TRAFFIC iTO TO BE DE REPLACED Work to to Start Saturday in Business Area at Schools Repainting of pedestrian crossIng crossIng crossing cross cross- ing lanes in downtown Salt Lake City will begin Saturday Edwin EdwinG G G. Woolley Jr public safety department department department de de- de- de manager said Friday A survey survey disclosed that nearly every lane in the business district is virtually obliterated because of wear and lack of repainting with the result that pedestrians have little protection in these cross cross- ings Mr Woolley said the budget for paint has been exhausted a and n d that little paint is on hand but that hat he hoe- has made arran arrangements to obtain more supplies so the work can be started To Begin Saturday One paint gang will go to work on repainting downtown lanes and another will work on painting lanes Janes at schools and playgrounds he said The announcement th t repaintIng repainting repainting repaint repaint- ing will begin came after The Telegram checked downtown streets and found that condition of pedestrian crossings crossings' was right back where it was several months ago before the police department began spasmodic efforts to maintaIn maintain maintain main main- tain the crossings lanes were badly worn off and those not having warning signs for motorists offer virtually no protection for pedestrians The Telegram found Lanes Deteriorated At intersections l lanes nes have deteriorated deteriorated deteriorated de de- de- de badly Those at Main and South Temple Temple Tem- Tem streets are nearly invisible as asis asis asis is the case at Main and First South streets Even worse are those at Main and Second South streets It was wasat wasat wasat at this 1 point that police first began began began be be- gan keeping pedestrians to the right in crossings but the double lane markings now a are r e about gone and the words Keep to the right once painted on the pavement pavement pavement pave pave- ment no longer can be seen Lanes at Broadway and Fourth South street on Main street are aren in n the same shape worn shape worn off so as to be of little good