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Show Springville Men Attend Meet On New Freeway Mayor J. Emmett Bird and J. A. Thorpe of the Chamber of Commerce highway committee, commit-tee, represented Springville at a recent road meeting in Provo held to discuss the proposed new freeway. Mr. Thorpe said this week that a similar meeting will be held in Springville in six weeks or two months. Presently the discussion is centered on the highway to extend from Provo north to Lehi on which bids are soon to be awarded. Present plans call for the highway to be built below the lower tracks, two and one-half miles west of Springville which according to Mr. Thorpe and other townspeople would be a blow v to business in this city, especially motels, cafes and other establishments. However, it is believed that if sufficient pressure is put on officials, there is a possibility of having the highway below the first railroad track, much nearer the city, which would help considerably. Provo is hoping hop-ing for a south connection near today that Springville would their city and Mr. Thorpe said work with Provo as such a connection for Provo would mean the highway would be located nearer Springville. |