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Show Program may hrfnTSi hife, sooner than is "ng ' present. J five years, congestion is bound to interfere greatly with the regular flow of traffic. A four-lane highway high-way from Salt Lake to Payson seems to be the answer, with the balance of Highway 91 to the Nevada Ne-vada line being widened to a minimum mini-mum of 24 feet. HIGHWAY 91 HAS LARGE TRAVEL INCREASE The volume of traffic over Utah's main highways continues to increase, according to the report re-port of the state -wide highway planning survey, department of the state road commission. The greatest increase for the first six months of the year has been on U. S. highway 91. The automatic recording device at the Draper crossroads shows a daily average for the year to July 1st of 4410, an increase of 13.93 over the first six months of 1940. The average daily number of vehicles using Highway 91 at the Draper crossroads during June was 5002, which is 10.54 higher than for June, 1940. While tourist travel accounts for a part of the increase, the survey shows that local traffic has also increased in greater proportion than has tourist travel. In Parley's canyon, the 1941 traffic is 8.92 greater than for 1940, while the increase in Daniel's canyon on U. S. 40 is 4.99. A number of sections of Highway High-way 91 are being widened and straightened at the present- time. At the Point-of-the-Mountain approximately ap-proximately four miles of the highway high-way has been straightened and widened and the surfacing of the four-lane section is about 50 complete. One and one-half miles of highway at the north entrance to Provo is being realigned, widened wi-dened and surfaced. The stretch of highway will also be four lanes wide with a four-foot neutral zone in between opposite lines of traffic. traf-fic. Highway 91 seems to present a major traffic problem and it is likely that the entire highway south may receive special attention. atten-tion. Traffic on U. S. 91 south has increased 42.66 this year over 1937. If the same percentage of increase prevails during the next |