Show Serving Utah’s Great Pahvant Valley Della Utah S1200 out ol months $700 and $800 USPS Copy 25® (In Advance) 0 Vol 75 No 19 November 15 1984 Complications plague opening of Jones Rd The long awaited opening of the Jones RdIPP access route north from the Sutherland Bridge west of Delia will occur this month but there won’t be and access will be any pavement restricted by delayed reconstruction of BuvsrtVEiLhAAil R0AB IPP transmission lines go up 500 kV direct current transmission line is being constructed from A California together with an alternating the Generating Station to Adelanto currentdirect current converter station at each end In addition two 345 kV alternating current transmission lines from the Generating Station to 230 kV alternating curthe Mona Substation near Mona Utah and a rent transmission line to the Gonder Substatin near Ely Nevada are being constructed One of the 345 kV lines is being completed to provide construction and startup power and will be energized in this month The 500 kV direct current line is being constructed by two contractors Irby Construction and Commonwealth Electric and is well underway The converter stations are being constructed hv ASFA Corporation V Five survive helicopter crash in Oak Creek Canyon Five men survived a spectacular midair crash of two large helicopters in Oak Creek Canyon Sunday morning Federal safety officials said they can’t r remember a chopper crash with no deaths The leased helicopters were being used by Sefel Survey about 4 miles up Oak Creek Canyon and a few miles south according to Sefel manager Robert Able The company is involved in seismic surveys for oil and gas deposits Mr Able said that one helicopter pilot had dropped off passengers at a loading zone and after taking off crash as Charles Matthew Koffey and Jerry L James 'The crash is being investigated by tlw— National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration One safety official is reported to have said that he could not recall hearr ing about any chopper crash that did not result in at least one death The helicopters were an Allouette 3 (seven seater) owned by Rocky Mountain Helicopters of Provo and a Lama (five seater) owned by Aero Systems out of Colorado ed into the second chopper loaded with all a pilot and three passengers u r 'SHViayWi The crash occurred at about the 8 to 9 thousand foot level some 500 ft above ground rotor blades crashing Despite through the cockpit of one helicopter and the destruction of both air craft onwas reported ly one injury Survey worker and chopper passenger Brian Hulbert was taken to the Fillmore Hospital via Delta Ambulance were he was treated for injuries to an arm and hand The helicopter pilots were identified ri t fat JonesIPP access route may be open soon but won't be paved and access may be limited until next spring Nm Partiaaa 4 COUNTY COMMISSIONS 2 TEIM TERM SUPREME COURT JUDGE SCHOOL BOARD DIST DIST 2 DIST 3 DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 1 ! J tl tw 28 82 74 40 167 260 146 95 32 38 24 3IC 46 36 54 55 2042 Ne 0 U U Ym Ym 26 8 39 22 II 8 24 4 47 70 6 334 38 192 Ibl 249 148 98 33 no 36 255 289 47 30 50 59 6 8 23 47 6 24 50 8 6 23 80 73 38 198 162 251 147 88 32 102 S7 254 2 47 33 19V HS il IS Hi options “We had an additional $140000 from interest gathered by investing the road funds the past few years But we had wanted to use that money for road So we asked maintenance equipment IPP to help us with at least part of the cost overrun and we haven’t gotten any from them yet” committment Styler said that the county now plans to stay with the three inch pavement plan but will wait until spring to complete the project so that (1) more terest can gather on the invested funds (2) IPP can have a chance to decide if they will help with the cost overruns and (3) warmer weather will allow for better pavement installation conditions Meanwhile are county engineers pressing the state to get the Sutherland Bridge project underway so that it will be finished by spring “It looks like the work on the Sutherland Bridge will finally begin this month” Styler said A significant portion of the IPP in and lives force accesses working West Millard County The new road would significantly cut driving time to the project site north of Delta IPP is about half built according to the latest reports from the owners The overall Generating Station facilities are and com43 percent complete Unit mon facilities are 56 percent complete Over 3500 manual and construction workers are employed on sire HI 1 N Deadline 2 6 8 35 22 40 II change-ne189 315 337 xt week Due to the Thanksgiving holidays next week the Chronicle Progress deadline will be moved up Friday November 16 al 5:00 pm We ap- 27 5 47 68 9 5 preciate your cooperation 9 36 I! the bridge That is the report from Millard County Commission Chairman Mike Styler who said construction cost overruns and state bureaucratic bungling thwarted a county goal to finish the crucial road project by November 15 1984 Problems cropped up in October when engineers informed the county that extra road base was needed in a “We boggy area of north Sutherland told them to go ahead with the extra fill and that led to a nine percent cost overrun” Commissioner Styler said The commissioner added that contrary to some rumors circulating the cost overrun will not hinder the goal to eventually lay down three inches of pavement on the new road it will just be delayed until spring The county commission is now scrambling to cover the extra cost of the Jones Rd to insure the pavement job will eventually be done But on top of that headache the county has faced continual delays by of the the state on reconstruction Sutherland Bridge which is important in allowing easy and safe access to the new Jones Rd While IPP is paying $1 8 million for the Jones Rd job (in addition to another million dollars for refurbishing the Brush Wellman Rd) the Sutheland Bridge is to be raised eight feet and ns turns made safer with money from the federal govemment--8percent-athe county-2- 0 percent However the state demanded control of the project But according to Styler because the state has “shuffled the project around" it has been continually delayed and is only this month being let out for bid Thus even if a partially rebuilt Jones Rd is opened this month access from Delta will be cut off for a three month Sutherland Bridge rebuilding job The bridge delays will however gne the state all winter to come up with the extra money needed for paving the Jones Rd Styler said there are several 504 |