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Show The Enterprise Review , September 8, 1976 Page 9b w Gibbons and Reed Low Bridge Bidders Gibbons and Reed Construction Co.; will probably do the asphalt work on three Davis county bridges this fall according to Warren Fenn, Project engineer. Fenn said Gibbons and Reed bid Gibbons and Reed will be ready as soon as the state awards them the project and contracts are finalized. $115,000 to pave the Inter- Another bid by Gibbons and Reed to pave the Erda Road in Tooele County has been rejected by Tooele Hunter said the County. company's bid was $158,349, about $48,000 higher than the countys projected cost of $110,455. She said Tooele County will readvertise the job and reopen the bidding Bid Rejected state 15 interchange bridge and two railroad overpasses just west of the interchange with a plastic membrane designed to protect the bridges from salt deterioration. Utah Transportation Department officials have filed the Salt Lake Contractors bid with the Federal Highway Adminsitration for approval for area contractors. the Davis on County Like Zion itself, the Salt Lake Interna tional Center is fast becoming an oasis in the desert . When completed, all but one of these U.S. flags will be replaced with flags ' from around the world adding to the international flavor one of Utahs largest industrial centers, Recipient of Award the project is federally approved, it will have to be awarded by the Once Says, Good Planning Essential Utah Transportation can connect with domestic flights to their respective home towns from Salt Lake. Businesses profiting most from this potential industry are Key Aviation, Marriott Services, Interwest Aviation and travel agents, all of whom service the passengers and operators of the aircraft locally. In-Fli- te The charter business hasnt increased yet, because the immigration inspector was not assigned until after flights for this year had already been scheduled, explains Jim overseas flights since the assigned. inspector But I Buzwell, manager of Key Aviation. anticipate we would add between 18 and 20 people when it begins to pick up, he adds. He mentioned about four major charter flight companies have indicated a strong interest in making Salt Lake its home base for International Center, Centennial Park and other business districts close to the airport, he says, as well as increasing the tourism business. Freeway Expansion But better service and expanded airport facilities are to no avail if airport customers cannot conveniently travel along the ground from the airport to their destination, says Airports Director Gaines. According to Jim Nelson of the Design Division, the State Department of Transportation is anxiously awaiting approval of its environmental impact statement so it can begin Continued on page lib recipient of the Guardian of Small Business award by the National Federation of De- Independent Business (NFIB). The award is made to members of Congress who, according to their voting record, have done the most to preserve the compe- Construction on the bridges will have to be completed before November because late fall weather conditions can be prohibitive to laying asphalt, Fenn said. titive nature of the free enterprise system. The award will be presented during the week of Sept. 13, 1976. Utah Machine Tools 3240 South 11th East Salt Lake City, Utah 84106 Phone (801) 486-355- 1 Corporate Headquarters Besides being a headquarters site for charter flights. Salt Lake could become a home for top grade corporations, according to Sands Brooks of the Economic Development department of the Salt Lake Area Chamber of Congressman Allan How'c was named last week a Hunter said. partment, Gibbons and Reed could begin work on the project any time after the job is awarded by the state, she added. was Commerce. We have to have better air service, he states. With interconnecting flights between Salt Lake and the East Coast, Atlanta and Charter Flights Texas, we could compete with Phoenix and An industry linked closely to airport Denver as a site for corporate headquarters, he claims. efficiency is tourism and charter flights. An expansion in air service would signifiAccording to Jack Dunlop of lobbying organizin such areas as the ation, the Federal Research Committee, the cantly increase growth federal governments recent appointment of an immigration inspector to Utah means charter flights will soon be using the Salt Lake International Airport for a home base. Our airport provides much faster customs clearing than do those in Los Angeles or because those he says, San Francisco, larger airports have much more demand on customs. Passengers often have to wait two to three hours just to begin lining up at gate. Here they can get through customs within an hour and a half. Salt Lakes efficient customs inspection for ability can make it an attractive place charter flight customers to meet from throughout the western part of the country. Having gone through customs inspection here, they Sen. Howe Gain Approval Intematl Center President Continued from page lb Beehive Medical Electronics is currently structure to building an 80,000 square-foo- t house the companys manufacturing, warehousing, administration, and research operations. They expect to begin moving into their new offices in December and complete the move by February. According to Emanuel Floor, president of the Salt Lake International Center, his firm is currently negotiating with four other companies who intend to move to the center soon. Floors firm recently received preliminary approval for establishing a foreign trade zone at the Center. Importers, exporters and various manufacturers would be encouraged to settle at least a portion of their operations there, since cash flow and efficiency can be greatly improved by using such a zone. The greatest advantage of the Center is the amount of planning that has gone into it, We have analyzed how much says Floor. traffic will be traveling through, and we have a time schedule for each phase of growth. So far we have kept close to our time schedule. When the Center is complete, within twelve years, he thinks, it will equal about 60 city blocks. Our goal is to have a center as nice as the Denver Technical Center, he says. project. Carolyn Hunter at the Utah Transportation Dept, said the Federal Highway Administration will have to approve the bid since the Interstate project will involve federal funding. Approval will take about two weeks, she said. 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