Show Improvements on Davis axis County Road Nears Hears ears Completion Improvement on one of Utah's most widely traveled highways high is nearing completion as the 16 miles of rough road between Lay Lay- Layton Layton ton and Clearfield received a new surface Work is expected to be finished on this strip this week In the thi meantime motorists are arc being de detoured detoured toured along a bumpy back road Approximately 1900 tons of rOCK asphalt are being used on the stretch Materials with wilh the exception tion lion of the oil tack coat are being furnished by the State Stale Road Commission Com Com- Commission Commission mission but bul the construction company com com- company pany is paying the cost of freight Fourteen men plus a paver roller and several trucks are arc employed Gibbons and Reed Salt Lake City Cily have undertaken the work with wilh W. W E. E Eccles Ogden as gen gen- general general general eral superintendent and R. R R W W. Marshall Ogden as general fore fore- man E. E B. B Kennelly state road con con- construction construction engineer and Rex Sutherland Sutherland erland also employed by the lath 1 State Road Commission as an in- in inspector in inspector checked the progress of the resurfacing work We sun still plan to lo go ahead with wilh construction of a lane four highway parallel parallel- paralleling paralleling ing the U U. P. P tracks from Lagoon to Layton Laylon Mr Kennelly said Unless this war situation in in- interferes construction is slated to lo get et under way in 1951 he said Traffic on this highway gets heavier all the time lime In former years road maintenance was not such a problem because there were no 40 ton 40 Ion trucks Workers on road rond repair follow a procedure The road is first swept clean of dirt and gravel Next a distributor spreads a tack coat of oil A two inch layer or of natural rock asphalt is then placed on top of the oil after which a heavy roller it out to an even surface |