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Show South Road To HAFB Will Be Resurfaced The Utah Department of Transportation opened bids today on a contract to surface U-232 from Layton to the south gate of Hill Air Force Base in Davis County. PETER KIEWIT Sons' Company of Murray turned in the apparent low bid of $1,285,551. The official engineer's en-gineer's estimate was $1,333,277. The project involves widening widen-ing the roadway and resurfacing resur-facing along the 2.8 mile route. When finished it will be a 78-foot wide, four-lane roadway with a median area. There will be curb, gutter and sidewalk added in some areas, pipe culverts will be placed, and there will be bicycle safety grates used on the catch basins. WORK IS expected to begin in the immediate future and motorists should expect traffic traf-fic interference during the construction period. The contractor con-tractor has 105 working days to complete the proiect. |