Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-08-16 | Page 4 | Utah Prepares to Construct 65 New Roads

DT UTAH AU PREPARES TO CONSTRUCT 65 NEW ROADS Federal State and aud County Governments Will Spend r Si Sixty five Utah highway projects are arc Under tinder construction or probably will be this year and next The campaign In Inaugurated Inaugurated inaugurated In- In aug early in itt the spring contemplated contemplated plated two years ears In which to complete the t-he projects Of or these twenty five will 1 b be concrete e paved and twenty twenty- five thc will be post roads and thirteen tor forest Bt roads Paving Pa contracts will cover 11 mites miles while white the post roads will extend miles The paving contracts affect eight counties and the the cost cost of oC the paving paving- as estimated b by the state road engineer m aggregates of ot of which the eight counties will pa pay and the tho state tho the remainder Post roads road projects it Is estimated will cost iJ of oC which tb the state and federal government Jo will contribute contribute con con- tribute each The state I however will be reimbursed to the extent extent ex cx ex- ex I tent of ot b by the counties Of or the thirteen forest st projects th the and government Jo will divide divid I equally the cost which is estimates estimated estimated 1 at al except In the LaSal where the state will pa pay only 1000 while white the government FO will contribute con tribute tribute- 1000 and In the Pack Creek Creel Castleton project whore where the state stat state will wil 1 pa pay nothing The estimated combined cost of tb the sixty five projects is placed at 8 S G- G Rut nut as several prop proposed sed roads road have hae been set aside aslie from the tWo e two year r pro program ram b by the state and government expenditures and mileage will be bo re reduced reduced re materially Hence the program as now mapped out for 1920 1919 will wil cost though the figures figure i ures S for tor the 1920 season probably will b bo 0 rev revised 1 s e d. d In the tile period from December 1 1 1918 t to July 31 U 11 In 1919 the state auditor ha has paid out on account of oC roads roadS' In th the state 1 I The Tho heaviest lest month monti l payment was In In July when tb the C amount aggregated l 3 30